Hedgpethia tibialis Stock, 1991

Fig. 2, Table 1

Hedgpethia tibialis Stock, 1991a: 166, figs 29–30.

Hedgpethia tibialis – Turpaeva 1993: 22 [text]. — Staples 2007: 80 [list]. — Sabroux et al. 2023a: 3 [text], fig. 2 [phylogeny], tab. 1.

Type material (examined)

Holotype

CORAL SEA • sex unknown; off New Caledonia, Grand Passage; 18°52.80′ S, 163°21.7′ E; depth 550 m; 19 Sep. 1985; MUSORSTOM 4 stn CP194; MNHN-IU-2007-4581 (formerly part of lot MNHNPy677).

Paratypes

CORAL SEA • 1 spec.; same data as for holotype; MNHN-IU-2011-5711 (formerly part of lot MNHNPy677) • 1 spec.; same data as for holotype; MNHN-IU-2011-5712 (formerly part of lot MNHN-Py677) • 1 spec.; same data as for holotype; MNHN-IU-2007-4582 (formerly part of lot MNHN-Py677) • 1 spec.; same data as for holotype; NL, ZMA.PYC.3334 • 1 spec.; southeast of New Caledonia, southwest of Isle of Pins; 22°55.7′ S, 167°17′ E; depth 520 m; 28 Sep. 1985; MUSORSTOM 4 stn CP215; MNHN-IU-2007-4634 (formerly MNHN-Py790) .

Distribution and depth range

Recorded from both northwest (type locality) and southeast extremities of New Caledonia. Known depth range 368– 550 m.