Pseudarachna

Merrin, Kelly L., 2006, The first record of the crustacean isopod genus Pseudarachna Sars, 1897 (Isopoda: Asellota: Munnopsidae) from the Southern Hemisphere, with description of a new species from New Zealand, Zootaxa 1370, pp. 59-68 : 67

Pseudarachna spp.

Manca (1.7 mm), Tasman Sea, off eastern Australia, 36°57.95’S 150°22.0’E, 960–1050 m, P. A. Hutchings, 12 December 1986, RV Franklin, thick grey mud with hard clay lumps (AM P62620). Manca (1.2 mm), stn SLOPE 67, 67 km south of Point Hicks, from 38°23.95–78’S 149°17.02–15.24’E, 1277– 1119 m, G. C. B. Poore et al., 25 October 1988, RV Franklin, fine mud (NMV J18885 ).

Remarks

Although these species, both distinct, are not described, these records provide additional distribution data for the genus, indicating that at least three species occur in the south-western Pacific region.