Florarctus salvati Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965

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63. Florarctus salvati Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965

Florarctus salvati n. sp. ( Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant 1965, 1966) Florarctus salvati Delamare Deboutteville et Renaud-Mornant, 1965 ( Renaud-Mornant 1967b) Terra typica : Coral Sea ( New Caledonia)

Coral Sea:

• 19°21′S, 158°40′E; 2 m bsl: [FAO71] Undefined locality, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Chesterfield Islands, surface of sediment, sand. Kristensen (1984)

• 22°00′30′′S, 165°56′48′′E; 4 m bsl: [FAO71] Type Locality: New Caledonia, Saint Vincent Bay, Grand Ténia Island, coarse coral sand. Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant (1965, 1966), Renaud- Mornant (1967b)

• 22°08′S, 149°34′E; 2 m bsl: [FAO71] Undefined locality, Australia, E coast of Australia, surface of sediment, sand. Kristensen (1984)

Indian Ocean:

• 23°23′S, 43°38′E; 0 m bsl: [FAO51] Republic of Madagascar, Toliara Province, Toliara, Mozambique Channel, great reef, stations 2F–3F, 7F and 10F, coralline sand. Renaud-Mornant (1979a)

Record numbers (Sea/Ocean classification): Coral Sea: 3, Indian Ocean: 1; total: 4.

Record numbers (FAO classification): FAO51: 1, FAO71: 3; total: 4.

Remarks: This is an interstitial species known only from four subtidal and intertidal tropical localities in the Coral Sea and Indian Ocean.