Plesionika persica, Kemp, 1925

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 : 586

P. persica (Kemp, 1925)

Description. Rostrum is slightly shorter than the carapace and reaching just to the end of the antennal scale, downwards in its proximal half but the distal half is straight or slightly inclined upwards, dorsal margin with 7–8 fixed teeth, 3 of which are placed on the carapace behind the orbit, ventral margin bears 9–10 small teeth; abdomen without posteromesial tooth or median dorsal cariana on 3rd somite; eye broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter fifth of carapace length; 3rd maxilliped with slender exopod, penultimate segment 4/3 times as long as the ultimate segment; 2nd pereopods are equal and reached almost to the end of the scale, the merus is composed of 2 segments of which the distal is about 3 times as long as the proximal ( Kemp 1910; Fransen 2006).

Distribution. Gulf of Oman, Red Sea, South Arabian Coast and Gulf of Aden; at depths of 25–955 m ( Fransen 2006; De Grave & Fransen 2011).