Pleistacantha sanctijohannis

Miers, 1879

Carapace spinulous with a few prominent spines dorsally and on anterior and posterior margins; rostral spines adjacent in proximal half or more; interantennular spine bifurcate, at least apically. (Türkay 1995)

Type locality: off coast of Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Range: Japan - (Doflein, 1902, Parisi, 1915b, Balss, 1924b), Mie Prefecture (Miers, 1879b), Katsuyama and Sagami Bay (Ortmann, 1893), Koshiki-jima and Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture (Yokoya, 1933), Manazuru (Sakai, 1935), Sagami Bay, Gobo and Nagasaki (Sakai, 1938a), Sagami Bay (Sakai, 1965b), Amakusa (Miyake et al., 1962), Sagami Bay, Manazuru, Fukuura, Kii Nagashima, Kii Minabe, Tosa Bay, and Nagasaki (Sakai, 1976a), Nagasaki and Sagami Bay (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Korea - (Kim & Park, 1972, Kim, 1977), Seogwipo (Kim, 1973); East China Sea (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); South China Sea (Serène & Lohavanijaya, 1973); Philippines - Marinduque Island (Griffin, 1976), north-east of Lubang Island (Serène & Vadon, 1981), north of Lubang (Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1986a); Indonesia - Kepulauan Kai; 30-540 m.

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