Neonesidea plumulosa Maddocks, 2013

(Figure 13 G–I)

2013 Neonesidea plumulosa sp nov, Maddocks: 483, Figs. 5 E–F, 18–23.

Material: One adult male (3960M).

Dimensions: Male specimen 3960M, LVL 1.008 mm, LVH 0.563 mm. See also Maddocks (2013, Fig. 16).

Supplemental Description: The plate is wedge-shaped with nearly straight, rapidly converging lateral edges; the posterior margin carries an irregular row of six conical to triangular teeth of decreasing sizes on either side of a narrow medial gap. The broad lateral gap lacks any teeth. The corner teeth are simple (not multilobate) with rounded conical terminations. A stiff setule (guide pin of Maddocks 2018) is visible beyond each posterolateral corner. The ventral bracket is parallel-sided with divergent posterodistal horns and a row of tubercles along the anterior edge.

Remarks: The plate resembles that of N. tenera in general arrangement, but the teeth are longer, more conical, and less symmetrical.

Distribution: French Frigate Shoals, the Hawaiian Islands.