Periclimenes pandionis Holthuis, 1951

Olthof, Gabriël, Becking, Leontine E. & Fransen, Charles H. J. M., 2018, On a collection of deep-water shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Dutch Caribbean, with the description of a new species of Pseudocoutierea, Zootaxa 4415 (3), pp. 533-548 : 537

Periclimenes pandionis Holthuis, 1951

Periclimenes (Periclimenes) pandionis Holthuis, 1951: 41 , plate 11 [type locality Gulf Stream off Key West , Florida, 24°21’55”N 81°58’25”W, 98fms]; Gore et al. 1981: 253, figs. 1–4; Corey & Reid 1991: 277, 284, 286, 287.

Material examined. RMNH. CRUS.D.57271: 1 female (pocl. 2.88mm), Bonaire, 12°04'47"N, 068°17'37"W, depth 217m, 1.vi.2013, dive with Curasub submersible BON4 , collected by L.E. Becking and H.W.G. Meesters.

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from the western Atlantic: the coast of Florida and the Indian River from depths of 33 to 179 meter. The current specimen extends that known range southward to the Dutch Caribbean.

Remarks. The current specimen corresponds well with the description of Holthuis (1951) and the record by Gore et al. (1981). Periclimenes pandionis can be distinguished from other species in the genus by: 1) two widely spaced teeth on the carapace midline, 2) an elongated scaphocerite, 3) an inflated lobe on the anterior margin of the eyestalks, 4) an elongated rostrum (reaching almost to the end of the antennular peduncle) and 5) the presence of an anterolateral tooth on the basal segment of the antennular peduncle.