Aristaeomorpha foliacea ( Risso, 1827 )

Rodríguez-Quintal, Bladimir & Lira, Carlos, 2025, A review of deep-sea shrimps (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata and Caridea) with four new records for Venezuela, Zootaxa 5583 (3), pp. 401-436 : 402-403

Aristaeomorpha foliacea ( Risso, 1827)

Penaeus foliaceus Risso, 1827: 69 , Pl. 2, fig. 6.

Aristaeomorpha foliacea — Crosnier & Forest 1973: 287, Fig. 96 a; Blanco Rambla et al. 1994: 32, fig. 2a.; Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997: 36; D’Incao 1998: 1510, Fig.1a , 2 ; Tavares & Serejo 2007: 5 , Fig. 2-4 ; Lira et al. 2017: 32.

Material examined. 3 nd, 38 miles off N. Los Caracas , La Guaira state, 11°10’12”N 66°34’12”W, Fritjof Nansen R/V, st 811, 582– 592 m depth, 09.x.1988, ( USNM 256522 ); 3 nd, same location ( MMM-Crus-346 ); 5 males, Golfo Triste , Falcón state, no more information ( MMM-Crus-351 ) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Cosmopolitan. Western Atlantic: from U.S. A (Massachusetts) to Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), including Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Also, in Eastern Atlantic, including Mediterranean Sea, Indo-West, Pacific Oceans; 175-1300 m depth ( Pérez Farfante & Kensley1997; Tavares & Serejo 2007; Mantelatto et al. 2022).

Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela include specimens taken from the industrial shrimp fishery in the Carabobo state, La Tortuga and La Blanquilla Islands ( Davant 1963) and Margarita Island ( Khandker 1963); samples taken by Fritjof Nansen R/ V 1988 from La Tortuga and Margarita Islands and Los Testigos Archipelago ( Blanco Rambla et al. 1994) and additional material examined by Pérez Fafante & Kensley 1997 from Falcón state (USNM-139722; 139723; 139705; 254125; 139706); Orinoco Delta (USNM139685) and Los Testigos Archipelago (USNM139686; 139687; 139716; 139717).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Plesionika longicauda: a) male (9.68 mm CL) 17 miles NE Orinoco Delta, 10°25’00”N 64°35’00”W, (MMM- Crus-261). b) specimen from Chichiriviche de la Costa, La Guaira, 60 m. Photography Humberto Ramirez.

FIGURE 2. Plesionika martia (A. Milne-Edwards, 1883). Female (ov.), 58 mm CL, 25 miles off N Los Testigos Archipelago, 11°45’00”N 63°05’00”W, 807–878 m depth, 31.viii.1988, (MMM-Crus-444).