Heteronida aspinirostris ( Khodkina, 1981 )

Macpherson, Enrique & Baba, Keiji, 2006, New species and records of small galatheids (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Southwest and Central Pacific Ocean, Zoosystema 28 (2), pp. 443-456 : 451

Heteronida aspinirostris ( Khodkina, 1981)

Bathymunida aspinirostris Khodkina, 1981: 1261 , figs 1-5.

Heteronida aspinirostris – Baba & de Saint Laurent 1996: 475, fig. 3d, e. — Baba 2005: 246.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CP 1510, 21°04.65’S, 175°22.52’W, 461-497 m, 31.V.2000, 1 ♂ 3.2 mm (MNHN-Ga 5321). — Stn DW 1543, 21°16’S, 175°18’W, 427-436 m, 5.VI.2000, 1 ovig. ♀ 4.3 mm (MNHN-Ga 5322). — Stn DW 1615, 23°03’S, 175°53’W, 482-504 m, 17.VI.2000, 1 ♂ 3.5 mm ; 1 ovig. ♀ 4.2 mm (MNHN-Ga 5323). — Stn DW 1628, 23°22’S, 176°18’W, 400-416 m, 19.VI.2000, 1 ovig. ♀ 3.5 mm (MNHN-Ga 5324). — Stn DW 1631, 23°23’S, 176°18’W, 407-443 m, 19.VI.2000, 1 ovig. ♀ 2.9 mm (MNHN-Ga 5325).

DISTRIBUTION. — Known from Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Chesterfield Islands and Vanuatu, in 345- 930 m. The present material from Tonga was collected between 400 and 504 m.