Cyrtomaia murrayi Miers, 1885

Cyrtomaia murrayi Miers, 1885: 588, fig. 196 (type locality: Kai Islands, Indonesia).

Cyrtomaia murrayi – Miers 1886: 15, 26 (list), 43 (list), pl. 3 fig. 1. — Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973: 44, 46 (key). — Sakai 1976: 178 (key), 180, pl. 62. — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1982: 7–8, 13, 15 (list), 16 (key), 17–18, 49 (list), 80 (table), 83, 85, figs 5A–B, 6A–B, 7A–B, 54; 1986: 86 (list), 115–116, pl. 6 fig. I. — Griffin & Tranter 1986a: 24 (key), 29, fig. 9h–i, pl. 2. — Ng & Huang 1997: 269–270, fig. 5F. — Ng et al. 2001: 13 (list). — Richer de Forges & Ng 2007: 56 (list), 57; 2009: 1207 (key). — Ng et al. 2008: 111 (list).

(For complete synonymy, see Guinot & Richer de Forges 1986: 115.)

Material examined

SOUTH CHINA SEA: 1 ♂ (15.7 × 28.7 mm) (ZRC 2016.0086), north of Zhongsha, stn CP4149, 16°06.54′ N, 114°20.05′ E to 16°06.75′ N, 114°22.97′ E, 165– 162 m, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 26 Jul. 2015; 1 ♀ (14.4 × 17.5 mm) (ZRC 2016.0083), north of Zhongsha, stn CP4150, 162– 163 m, 16°06.83′ N, 114°24.04′ E to 16°06.60′ N, 114°21.45′ E, coll. ZHONGSHA 2015 Expedition, 26 Jul. 2015.

Distribution

This species seems common in relatively shallower waters, between 150 and 250 m in Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan (Richer de Forges & Ng 2007) and Taiwan (Ng & Huang 1997). The species has also been recorded from East Africa, western Australia and South China Sea (Griffin & Tranter 1986a).