Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Caridea - Pandalidae - Plesionika

Plesionika edwardsii (Brandt, 1851)


Distribution : Chace (1985); Chan & Crosnier (1997); Poupin (1996, 1998); Burukovsky (1990) - Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: Western and Eastern Atlantic; Mediterranean; Indo-West Pacific, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Hawaii; Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°07'-25°58' S - 85°07'-99°35' W - Deep (50-680 m)

Selected Reference(s)
Plesionika edwardsii. - Crosnier, A., 1986a: 362. - French Polynesia
Plesionika edwardsii. - Poupin, J., 1996b: 8, pl. 3h. - French Polynesia

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Easter Island; Sala y Gomez; Austral (Raevavae, Rapa, Tubuai); Gambier; Marquesas (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva) ; Society (Tahiti); Tuamotu (Fangataufa, Moruroa) - Marine; Deep (200-500m; mostly 250-350m); Hard bottom.

Regional Records: EASTER ISLAND - Plesionika (Plesionika) edwardsii - DiSalvo et al., 1988: 458, 469, tab. 4 (Easter Island; "Traps baited with fish left at 100 m ...", det. M. Wicksten). - Burukovsky, 1990: 203 (Seamounts Sala y Gòmez and south-western part of Nazca ridge, 25°07'-25°58' S - 85°07'-99°35' W; 200-500 m). - Parin et al., 1997: 162, tab. 3 (List of Decapoda for the Nazca and Sala y Gòmez submarine ridges, roughly between 85-103°W). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Plesionika edwardsii - Manac'h & Carsin, 1985: 473 (Fangataufa and/or Moruroa; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Crosnier, 1986a: 362 (Moruroa, Tahiti, Tubuai). - Poupin, 1988: 28, fig. 2 (Moruroa); 1996b: 8, pl. 3h (Fangataufa, Gambier, Marquesas, Moruroa, Tahiti, Tubuai; 220-500m); Poupin, 1998: 27 (Checklist). - Poupin et al., 1990: 16, 68, fig. 5, 6, 7, 15, pl. 1g (French Polynesia). - Chan & Crosnier, 1997: 193, fig. 23 (Moruroa, Raevavae, Rapa, Tahiti, Tubuai; 200-450m). - Unpublished specimens, MNHN. - Coll. FRV Alis, MUSORSTOM 9, det . A. Crosnier (Hiva Oa, Nuku Hiva ; 310-350m). - Plesionika ?edwardsii, AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ9-ACH2, coll. ROV, sample LC94.

Depth distribution: 200 - 500 m

References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko
Since November 2012, this database is updated in CRUSTA database - http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/