Pandalus unidens, Bate, 1888

Ahamed, Ferdous, Cardoso, Irene A., Ahmed, Zoarder F., Hossain, Md. Y. & Ohtomi, Jun, 2017, An overview of the genus Plesionika Bate, 1888 (Decapoda, Caridea, Pandalidae) in Asian waters, Zootaxa 4221 (5), pp. 575-593 : 589

P. unidens Bate, 1888

Description. Rostrum far overreaching antennal scale, armed dorsally with 7 or 8 teeth, including 3 on carapace posterior to level of orbital margin and 1 isolated in anterior 1/4 of rostrum, 3 posteriormost teeth with distinct basal sutures but none with barbed tips, armed ventrally with 10–20 teeth; abdomen with 3rd somite lacking posteromesial tooth but with median dorsal carina typically forming obtuse tooth anterior to posterior margin of somite; eye kidney-shaped, maximum diameter about 1/3 carapace length, ocellus obliquely oval, slightly constricted at junction with cornea; 3rd maxilliped with epipod, penultimate segment about 4/5 as long as terminal segment; 2nd pereopods very unequal with epipods, left one longer with more than 200 carpal articles, right with 33–36 ( Chace 1985).

Distribution. Bay of Bengal, South and East China seas, Japan, Philippines and Indonesia; at depths of 184– 400m ( Li 2006b).