Stolus cf pseudoalbescens Thandar, 2005

Stolus cf pseudoalbescens Thandar, 2005:119, fig. 2, 3B.

Previous record

Off KwaZulu­Natal, South Africa (see Thandar 2005).

Additional record

SAM — A27899, South of Umlaas River, 30 0.8’ S, 31 2.6’ E, R.V. ‘Meiring Naude’, St. XX 73, 10.vii. 1985, 100 m., 1 spec.

Distribution

Only known from the east coast of South Africa, 85– 103 m.

Habitat

Fine muddy sand, shell debris.

Remarks

The above 10 specimens of Stolus pseudoalbescens, contained in the ‘Meiring Naude’ material received from the SAM, were collected with the type material of the species from the Natal Museum (see Thandar 2005:117, 119). While nine of the specimens are clearly identical with S. pseudoalbescens, one is without tubercles on the skin and referable to S. cf. pseudoalbescens also described in the same paper. Hence another description of the species is unnecessary.