title: New records of the rare pandalid shrimpPlesionikaexigua(Rathbun, 1906 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in the western Pacific.
abstract: The rare species Plesionka exigua (Rathbun, 1906) is recorded for the first time from three western Pacific localities New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Redescription, illustrations on distinguishing characters and color photograph are provided for this poorly known species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology and Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan, R.O.C.. tychan@mail.ntou.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Tin-Yam
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D062312:Islands; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009510:New Caledonia; D033542:Pandalidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D009514:Vanuatu
keywords: Crustacea, Plesionka exigua, new records, west Pacific