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

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scientific name	Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996
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Plesionida psila Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 494 , 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.

References

BABA K. & SAINT LAURENT M. DE 1996. - Crustacea Decapoda: revision of the genus Bathymunida Balss, 1914, and description of six new related genera (Galatheidae), in CROSNIER A. (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 15. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 168: 433 - 502.

BABA K. 2005. - Deep-sea chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda, Anomura) from the Indo- Pacific, with a list of species. Galathea Report 20: 1 - 317.