Robustosergia regalis ( Gordon, 1939 )

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 : 413

Robustosergia regalis ( Gordon, 1939)

Sergestes regalis Gordon, 1939: 498 , Figs. 1–4 ; Judkins 2014: fig. 10.

Sergia regalis — Vereshchaka 2000: 149, Figs. 52A–D, 53A–C, 54, P1. 2A.

Material examined. None.

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. A circumtropical specie, occurring in the tropical zones of all oceans. Eastern and Western Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea; 100-2000 m ( Vereshchaka 2000; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Records for Venezuela: Margarita, La Tortuga and La Orchila Islands ( Judkins 2014).

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).

FIGURE 3. Plesionika tenuipes (Smith, 1881). Female (ov.) 15 mm CL, 12 miles off North Guanta, Anzoátegui, 10°25’00”N 64°35’00”W (MMM-Crus-256).

FIGURE 4. Glyphocrangon alispina Chace, 1939. Female 27.2 mm CL, off N Los Testigos Islands, 11°45’00”N 63° 5’00”W (MMM-Crus-0246).