Plesionika ortmanni Doflein, 1902

Li, Xinzheng, 2006, Additional Pandaloid Shrimps From The South China Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea), With Description Of One New Species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (2), pp. 361-372 : 370

Plesionika ortmanni Doflein, 1902

Plesionika ortmanni Doflein, 1902: 616 , Pl. III fig. 2 [type locality: south coast of Japan]; Chace, 1985: 92, Fig. 41; Li & Komai, 2003: 267; Li, 2004: 822.

Material examined. – 1 ovigerous female, CN 55 -K411, Sanya fishing harbor, Hainan Island, 2 Dec.1955 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN 17-7 , Beibu Bay , 17 ° 30'N 108 ° 30'E, 96.5 m, muddy sand, BT, coll. Zhengang Fan, 28 Jan.1959; 1 male , CN 31-24 , 20 ° 00'N 113 ° 00'E, 114 m, muddy sand, AT, coll. Shaowu Wang, 17 Feb.1959; 1 female , CN Q42 B-1, 17 ° 00'N 109 ° 30'E, 158 m, soft mud, BT, coll. Zhengang Fan, 10 Apr.1959 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN L65 B-33, 19 ° 15'N 111 ° 00'E, 78 m, sandy mud, AT, coll. Xiutong Ma, 25 Apr.1959; 1 male , CN N151 B-27, 19 ° 15'N 111 ° 00'E, 164 m, soft mud, BT, coll. Jixing Liu, 11 Mar.1960 ; 1 ovigerous female, CN K152 B-14, South China Sea , 20 ° 00'N 112 ° 30'E, 101 m, muddy sand, AT, coll. Zhican Tang, 1 Apr.1960; 1 male , 1 ovigerous female, CN 33 , Nansha Islands , 4º53.05'N 113º20.29'E, 102 m, muddy sand with broken shells, AT, 1 Aug.1988 .

Distribution. – Western Pacific from Indonesia to Japan, at depths of 29- 400 m.

Remarks. – Not previously reported from the Nansha Islands.