Newmaniverruca albatrossiana (Pilsbry, 1912) Figure 31

Verruca albatrossiana Pilsbry, 1912: 292. - 1916: 47. - Buckeridge 1994: 91, fig. 1a-f. - Buckeridge 1997: 129.

Verruca grex Hoek, 1913: 142, pl. XI, figs 7-13, pl. XIII, figs 11-13.

Verruca (Euverruca) albatrossiana . - Broch, 1931: 45.

Verruca (Verruca) albatrossiana . - Ren, 1984: 168, fig. 2, pl. 1 (7-11).

Newmaniverruca albatrossiana . - Young, 1998: 77. - Chan 2009: 74, figs 2G, 22A-I.

Material examined.

- Kei Islands: 1 specimen, MNHN-IU-2019-4942, Stn. CC 21, 05°14'S, 133°00'E, 688-694 m depth, 25 October 1991, attached to glass rope sponge.

Diagnosis.

Rostrum and fixed scutum with unusual length; rostrum low, fixed scutum larger than fixed tergum.

Description.

Movable plates parallel to base, wall of parietal vertically ribbed; fixed scutum without internal pit. Movable scutum with crescentic ridge and longitudinal striations; movable tergum with articular ribs and diagonal rib. Apices of fixed scutum and tergum contiguous. Carina occupying carino-rostral wall, apices marginal. Cirrus I with rami unequal and serrulate setae; cirrus VI with caudal appendages. Maxilla globular, with fringing setae; maxillule notched, two large setae on upper side; mandible with three teeth excluding inferior angle.

Distribution.

Indo-west Pacific: NW Australia; South China Sea; China; Philippines; attached to cidaroid spines (e.g. Stereocidaris indica philippinensis Mortensen, 1928), 345-620 m depth (Jones and Hosie 2016). In this study, Newmaniverruca albatrossiana was found at Kei Islands, Indonesia.

Type locality.

East of Luzon, Philippines (Pilsbry 1912).