P. rufomaculata Chan, 2004 Description. Rostrum curving downwards near base but recurved upwards after passing eyes, 1.1–1.6 times as long as carapace, basal rostral crest high in females and slightly lower in males, bearing 2 or 3 fixed and 6 movable teeth, posterior 5 or 6 of them situated posterior to orbital margin, dorsal rostrum proper bearing 1 or 2 teeth, usually restricted to proximal half of rostrum, and 2 (rarely 1) small apical teeth, 11–13 teeth generally distributed on ventral rostrum; abdominal 3rd somite slightly arched dorsally; 3rd maxilliped with distal segment 1.4–1.6 times as long as penultimate segment, overreaching scaphocerite by 1/2–2/3 length of distal segment; 2nd pereiopods bearing 21–30 carpal articles on right side and 106–121 carpal articles on left side, shorter one exceeding scaphocerite by 1/2–1/4 length ol carpus and entire chela (Chan 2004). Distribution. Japan and Taiwan; at depths of 180–300 m (Chan 2004).

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 pages 587-588, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/253575