Bathymunida balssi Van Dam, 1838

(Fig. 1A)

Bathymunida balssi Van Dam, 1938: 199, fig. 4 [type locality: Ceram Sea, 118 m].—Baba & de Saint Laurent 1996: 449, fig. 7.—Baba 2005: 238.—Baba et al. 2008: 56.

Material examined. NMV J55274, 1 male (cl 5.0 mm, pcl 4.3 mm), Lacepede L26 transect, 15°47.568–48.504'S, 121°03.504–02.886'E, 119– 111 m, beam trawl, SS05/2007/129 (acq. 017), 1 Jul 2007.

Colour in life (Fig. 1A). Cephalothorax and most of abdomen mottled white-cream and pale red-brown; cervical groove with two blue spots on each side. Abdominal somite 6 and tail-fan translucent white; anterior margin of uropodal protopod brown-red. Walking legs translucent with diffuse white banding.

Remarks. The specimen agrees well with published accounts (Van Dam 1838; Baba & de Saint Laurent 1996).

Distribution. Ceram Sea, New Caledonia and now from Western Australia; 110– 195 m.