Glossomaera octodens (Sivaprakasam, 1969)

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Maera octodens Sivaprakasam, 1969: 36, fig. 2.— Ledoyer, 1978: 278, fig. 31.— Ledoyer, 1979: 80, fig. 45.— Berents, 1983: 128, fig. 22 (in part).— Myers, 1985: 112, fig. 88.— Appadoo, Myers & Fagoonee, 2002: 668 –670, fig. 17.— Lowry & Stoddart, 2003: 181.— Ren, 2012: 246 –247, fig. 107.

Linguimaera octodens .— Lowry & Springthorpe, 2005: 238, 247.

Glossomaera octodens .—Krapp-Schickel, 2009: 614, figs 12, 13.

Material examined. New South Wales: 8 specimens, AM P.77037, Surgeons Reef, north of North West Solitary Island (30°00′27″S 153°16′13″E), 11.3 m, coral rubble and coarse shelly sediment, 30 April 2005, coll. R.T. Springthorpe (NSW 2793) .

Queensland: 1 specimen, AM P.75733, north-west corner of Goodes Island, Torres Strait (10°33′35″S 142°09′09″E), 7 m, submerged log, 29 September 2006, coll. M. Capa and L.E. Hughes (QLD 1878).

Papua New Guinea: 2 specimens (1 male, 4.5 mm, illustrated; 1 female), AM P.75931, just west of shallowest portion of reef top, Guzem reef, Madang Lagoon, Bismarck Sea (5°9′21″S 145°48′25″E), 2.5 m, rubble, sand and hard coral Acropora sp. plates, 12 February 1990, coll. J.D. Thomas (JDT/PNG-44).

Type locality. Appa Island, East coast of India (~ 9°09.36′N 78°49.48′E) .

Remarks. Material from the Solitary Island is the most southerly distribution record for the G. octodens, while material from Papua New Guinea is a new distribution record.

Distribution. Australia. New South Wales: Solitary Islands (current study). Queensland: Lizard Island; Torres Strait (Berents 1983; Krapp-Schickel 2009; current study). Papua New Guinea: Madang Lagoon (current study). Fiji (Myers 1985). South China Sea (Ren 2012). India (Sivaprakasam 1968). Madagascar (Ledoyer 1978; 1979). Mauritius (Appadoo et al. 2002).