Solenocera necopina Burkenroad, 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 : 410

Solenocera necopina Burkenroad, 1939

Solenocera necopina Burkenroad, 1939: 7 , Figs. 1–4 ; Pérez Farfante & Bullis 1973: 14, Figs. 7–10, 18, 19.

Material examined. 1 female, 21 miles off N Blanquilla Island , 11°54’00”N 64°17’00”W, Fridtjof Nansen R / V st 477, 135– 160 m depth, 2.vi.1988, (MMM-Crus-0260) ; 9 males, 3 females, 9 miles off N Chuspa, Miranda, 10°45’00”N 66°19’12”W, Fridtjof Nansen R / V st 510, 182– 184 m depth, 6.vi.1988, (MMM-Crus-439) .

Geographic & bathymetric distribution. Western Atlantic: from USA (North Carolina to Uruguay; 90–550 m ( Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. Previous records for Venezuela:off E San Juan de los Cayos, Falcón; off NE Los Testigos Archipelago; NE Chuspa, Miranda (W Cabo Codera) ( Pérez Farfante & Bullis 1973).

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).