Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015

Fig. 13D

Oxypleurodon forte Lee, Corbari & Richer de Forges, 2015: 1258–1262, figs 2–4 (type locality: South China Sea).

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 ♂ (12.9 × 7.7 mm) [photographed] (ZRC 2016.0075), 2 ♂♂ (17.7 × 11.9 mm, 10.7 × 6.6 mm), 1 ♀ (10.1 × 6.5mm) (ZRC 2016.0076), 1 ♂ (11.6 × 7.3 mm), 1 ♀ (13.1 × 8.7 mm) (MNHN- IU-2016-177), west of Zhongsha, stn CP4152, 16°01.55′ N, 113°53.35′ E to 16°04.72′ N, 113°55.11′ E, 412– 410 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 27 Jul. 2015; 1 ♂ (13.3 × 8.2 mm), 1 ovigerous ♀ (13.2 × 8.1 mm) (ZRC 2016.0077), north of Dongsha, stn DW4158, 21°06.76′ N, 116°44.64′ E to 21°04.88′ N, 116°44.23′ E, 325– 310 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 30 Jul. 2015; 1 ♂ (14.2 × 9.1 mm) [photographed] (ZRC 2016.0078), west of Zhongsha, stn CP4151, 16°04.72′ N, 113°55.09′ E to 16°02.58′ N, 113°53.93′ E, 410– 356 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 27 Jul. 2015.

Remarks

Oxypleurodon forte was collected on seamounts in the middle of the SCS during the NANHAI 2014 cruise (Lee et al. 2015). The new series of small specimens collected during ZHONGSHA shows that the species has a wider distribution in the SCS.

Distribution

This species is known only from the South China Sea.