Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Macpherson, Enrique & Baba, Keiji, 2006, New species and records of small galatheids (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Southwest and Central Pacific Ocean, Zoosystema 28 (2), pp. 443-456 : 455

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5402907
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5478312
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scientific name	Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
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Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996 View in CoL

Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 494 View in CoL , figs 4d, e, 31. — Baba 2005: 305.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Wallis and Futuna Islands. MUSORSTOM 7, stn DW 530, 12°32.7’S, 176°39.3’W, 580-600 m, 16. V.1992, 1 ♀ 6.0 mm (MNHN-Ga 5339). — Stn DW 534, 12°23.3’S, 176°42.0’W, 440- 500 m, 16. V.1992, 1 ovig. ♀ 7.9 mm (MNHN-Ga 5340). — Stn DW 540, 12°26.7’S, 177°28.4’W, 600 m, 17. V.1992, 1 juv. 3.8 mm (MNHN-Ga 5341). — Stn DW 571, 12°31,3’S, 176°51.7’W, 502-508 m, 21. V.1992, 1 ovig. ♀ 7.2 mm (MNHN-Ga 5342). — Stn DW 575, 12°30.9’S, 176°52.3’W, 425 m, 21. V.1992, 1 ♂ 7.6 mm (MNHN-Ga 5343).

DISTRIBUTION. — Previously known from New Caledonia in 590- 613 m. The new occurrences extend the range to Wallis and Futuna area, in 425- 600 m.