Data on the family Pandalidae around the Canary Islands, with first recordof Plesionika antigai (Caridea)

Of the 20 pandalid shrimps species and subspecies reported for the Eastern Central Atlantic (26-36 degrees N), 16 were found in one or more Macaronesi an archipelagos (Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands) (1 4-40 degrees N), and 11 of them were recorded to date in the Canary Island waters (27 degrees 30'-29 degrees 30' N): Bitias stocki Fransen, 1990; Hete rocarpus ensifer ensifer A. Milne-Edwards, 1881; Heterocarpus grimaldii A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900; Heterocarpus laevigatus Bate, 1888; Plesioni ka edwardsii (Brandt, 1851); Plesionika ensis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1881); Ple sionika holthuisi Crosnier & Forest, 1968; Plesionika martia martia (A. Mil ne-Edwards, 1883); Plesionika narval (J.C. Fabricius, 1787); Plesionika wil liamsi Forest, 1964; and Stylopandalus richardi Coutiere, 1905. In the pres ent work, Plesionika antigai Zariquiey Alvarez, 1955 is recorded for the fi rst time from the Canary Islands. As a result of many fishing surveys aroun d the Canary Islands at 27-1550 m depth between 1985 and 1998, information on bathymetric distribution, habitat, size and biology of the 12 Canarian p andalid species is given. The geomorphologic, geographic and oceanographic characteristics of the Canary Islands marine ecosystems could explain the g reat diversity in the biogeographic patterns of the pandalid species inhabi ting this area. The distribution patterns found were: Macaronesian (1 spec. ), Atlanto-Mediterranean (1 spec.), Eastern Atlantic warm-temperate (1 spec .), amphi-Atlantic warm (2 spec.), amphi-Atlantic warm-temperate (1 spec.), pantropical (5 spec.), and cosmopolitan (1 spec.).