Gastroptychus rogeri Baba, 2000

Gastroptychus rogeri Baba, 2000: 246–250, fig. 2 [type locality: Pedra Branca, southern Tasmania]. — Davie, 2002: 31.

Material examined. NEW SOUTH WALES: AM P53251, 1 male (29.1 mm), 1 female (21.0 mm), E of Kiama, 34º41’S, 151º18’E, 801 m, trawl, K88­22­04, 15 Dec 1988 ; AM P25065, 1 male (damaged, cl. approx. 22 mm), 25.9 km SE of Green Cape, 476–512 m, from stomach of trevalla, 26 Jun 1976 .

Remarks. In G. rogeri, as in G. hendersoni, the spines and tubercles on the dorsum of the carapace are sharper in smaller specimens.

Distribution. Southern Tasmania and now from off southern New South Wales, at depths between 476 and 1000 m.