Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Shrimps of the family Pandalidae (Caridea) from Indian waters, with new distributional record of Plesionika adensameri (Balss, 1914)

Volume 54 Issue 1

C.P. Rajool Shanis, K.V. Akhilesh, Hashim Manjebrayakath, U. Ganga and N.G.K. Pillai doi: 10.6024/jmbai.2012.54.1.01690-07

Abstract

Twenty four species of Pandalid shrimps reported from the Indian waters, of which six genera (Chlorotocella, Chlorotocus, Chlorocurtis, Dorodotes, Heterocarpoides and Stylopandalus )are represented by single species each. The genera, Plesionikaand Heterocarpus are represented by eleven and seven species respectively. Plesionika adensameri (Balss, 1914) a deep-sea shrimp hitherto unreported from Indian waters is recorded from west coast of India. Information on some biological aspects of few Pandalid shrimps from Indian waters is also reported in the present paper.

Keywords

Pandalidae, Plesionika adensameri, Indian EEZ Deep-sea shrimp.

Date : 27-06-2012