Hedgpethia brevitarsis (Losina-Losinsky in Losina-Losinsky & Turpaeva, 1958)

Fig. 2, Table 1

Colossendeis brevitarsis Losina-Losinsky in Losina-Losinsky & Turpaeva, 1958: 26–27, 32 [key], 33 [text], fig. 2, tabs 2, 4–5.

Colossendeis brevitarsis – Losina-Losinsky 1961: 109.

Rhopalorhynchus brevitarsis – Stock 1970: 9 [key].

Hedgpethia brevitarsis (Losina-Losinsky & Turpaeva, 1958) [sic]. — Nakamura & Child 1983: 63, 63[key]; 1991: 62. — Child 1998: 60–61 [text].

Hedgpethia brevitarsis – Turpaeva 1973: 185 [key], tab. 2; 1993: 22 [text]; 2002: 1451. — Stock 1991a: 166 [text].

“ Hedgpethia borealis ” – Turpaeva 2002 [error in the English translation of the abstract].

Type material (not examined)

Holotype

SEA OF OKHOTSK • sex unknown; southern Sea of Okhotsk; depth unknown; 11 May 1953; R/V Vityaz; hosting institution unknown .

Paratypes

SEA OF OKHOTSK • 10 specs; depth unknown; 1932; R/V Gagara; hosting institution unknown .

Distribution and depth range

Sea of Okhotsk (type locality), South Kuril Islands and Eastern Honshu coast (Sagami Bay). Depth range 300– 780 m.

Remarks

The types should be at the IORAS, like the holotype of H. bicornis, but they were not listed in Dudnik & Kremenetskaia (2025) nor were they retrieved after examination (Dudnik pers. com.).