Bathypallenopsis richeri ( Bamber, 2000 )

Bamber, Roger N, 2011, The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2787, pp. 55-67 : 64

Bathypallenopsis richeri ( Bamber, 2000)

Pallenopsis (Bathypallenopsis) richeri Bamber, 2000 , 613–615, fig. 1.

Material. Solomon Islands: 1Ƥ (MNHN-IU-2007-4738), station CP2241, 6°55.3’S 156°21.2’E, XI 2004, depth 815–1000 m, Solomon Island, south Taylor reefs. Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.

Remarks. This is only the third record of Bathypallenopsis richeri , previous records being from Fiji (typelocality) and Vanuatu ( Stock, 1997, as Pallenopsis (B.) oculotuberculosis), in a depth range of 1058–1191 m. The present record is from slightly shallower water.