Parapandalus narval Fabricius 1787

• Main Authors: Ahamed, Ferdous, Cardoso, Irene A., Ahmed, Zoarder F., Hossain, Md. Y., Ohtomi, Jun
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Pandalidae; Parapandalus; Parapandalus narval; Pacific; Indian; narval
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5621171; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5621171

P. narval (Fabricius, 1787) Description. Rostrum slightly curving dorsally, elongate, 2.2–2.3 times as long as carapace, dorsal margin with 58–60 serrated teeth, including 5 on carapace, all teeth on carapace with distinct basal sutures and movable, ventral margin with 41–44 serrated teeth; abdomen smooth and rounded dorsally, pleuron of fourth somite rounded that of fifth somites with small marginal tooth posteriorly, sixth somite 1.8 times as long as maximum height; eye broadly subpyriform, maximum diameter about 0.2 carapace length; 3rd maxilliped slender, overreaching distal margin of antennal scale by ultimate segment and anterior 0.2 of penultimate segment, with epipod, penultimate segment about 1.7 as long as ultimate segment; 2nd pereopods subequal without epipod, not extremely slender or threadlike, bearing 27–29 carpal articles (Kim et al. 2012). Distribution. Indo-West Pacific, Indian Ocean, Japan, Korea and Red Sea; at depths of 35–910 m (Kim et al. 2012). Published as part of 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, pp. 575-593 in Zootaxa 4221 (5) on page 585, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/253575