Phylladiorhynchus integrirostris (Dana, 1852)

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Galathea integrirostris Dana, 1852: 482 [type locality: Hawaiian Islands]; 1855, pl. 30: figs. 12a, b. Phylladiorhynchus integrirostris .— Baba, 1991: 485–487, fig. 4c, d; 2005: 304–305 [synonymy].

Material examined. Lord Howe Rise: NIWA 28066, 1 female (3.6 mm), S of Ball’s Pyramid 31°52.44’S, 159°14.43’E, 72–82 m, TAN0308/67 #58, 23 May 2003.

Remarks. The single specimen agrees in most respects with published accounts, differing only in having straight rather than concave margins on either side of the midline of sternite 3.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean to New Caledonia, Ogasawara Islands, Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Easter Island, and the Juan Fernández Islands; intertidal to 160 m (Baba 2005); now from the Lord Howe Rise, south of Ball’s Pyramid.