Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009

Komai, Tomoyuki, Tsuchida, Shinji & Segonzac, Michel, 2012, Records of species of the hippolytid genus Lebbeus White, 1847 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from hydrothermal vents in the Pacific Ocean, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3241, pp. 35-63 : 41

Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009

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Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009: 786 , figs 5–7; 2010: 346, fig. 3B.

Material examined. RV Yokosuka /DS Shinkai 6500, YK04-09 cruise, dive #854, Brothers Seamount, Kermadec Arc, 34°52.723’S, 179°04.304’E, 1336 m, 1 November 2004, 1 female (cl 11.4 mm), JAMSTEC 0 56641.

Distribution. Known only from Brothers Seamount, Kermadec Arc, New Zealand, 1208–1336 m.

Remarks. The present specimen agrees very well with the detailed original description by Ahyong (2009).

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FIGURE 5. Lebbeus wera Ahyong, 2009, female (cl 11.4 mm), DS Shinkai 6500, dive # 854, Brothers Caldera, Kermadec Ridge, JAMSTEC 0 56641, carapace and cephalic appendages in lateral view. Scale bar: 5 mm.