Hedgpethia dampieri (Child, 1975)

Fig. 2, Table 1

Rhopalorhynchus dampieri Child, 1975: 8–10, fig. 4.

Hedgpethia dampieri – Stock 1991a: 166 [text]. — Turpaeva 1993: 22 [text]. — Child 1998: 60 [text]. — Staples 2007: 80 [list], 92, fig. 4a–d.

Type material (not examined)

Holotype

SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN • ♂; Western Australia, west of Lancelin Island; 31°5′ S, 116°55′ E ” [reinterpreted as 114°55′ E]; depth 113–122 m; 5 Feb. 1964; CSIRO stn 46; WAM 70-3953.

Paratypes

SOUTHEASTERN INDIAN OCEAN • 1 ♀; Western Australia, west of Mandurah; 32°33′ S, 115°4′ E; depth 110 m; 23 Nov. 1970; R/V Diamantina stn 4; WAM 71-1789 • 1 ♀ gravid; Western Australia, southwest of Jurien Bay; 30°38′ S, 114°47′ E; depth 110 m; 9 Dec. 1970; R/V Diamantina stn 108; WAM 71-1791 • 1 ♀; Western Australia, northwest of Bunbury; 32°57.5′ S, 114°48′ E; depth 122–139 m; 15 Mar. 1972; R/V Diamantina cruise DM 1/72 stn 8; USNM 149237 .

Distribution and depth range

Southwestern coast of Australia (type locality west of Lancelin Island) and Great Australian Bight. Minimal known depth range 110– 130 m.