Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)

Hepatus tuberculatus de Saussure, 1858 – Young 1900: 308, Guyana [“Coast of Guiana”]. Accepted as Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1758) in WoRMS (2023).

Hepatus princeps (Herbst, 1794) – Durand 1959: 32, photo 9, French Guiana [id. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Guinot-Dumortier 1959b: 510, French Guiana [Iles du Salut, MNHN, coll. July 1957, 1958] — Bullis & Thompson 1965: 11, Guyana, Suriname [R/V Oregon, stn 2272, 6°30′ N, 31 m; stn 2239, 7° 12′ N, 31 m]. Accepted as H. pudibundus in WoRMS (2023).

Hepatus pudibundus – Holthuis 1959a: 167, Suriname [7–37 m]. — Takeda 1983: 127, Suriname, French Guiana [32–50 m]. — Melo 1996: 131, Brazil Amapá. — Le Loeuff & Cosel 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Coelho et al. 2008: 9, Brazil Amapá. — Corbari et al. 2015: 165–167, French Guiana [Expedition Iles du Salut 2014, 3 lots in MNHN, stns SD08, SD15, 5–6 m, MNHN-IU-2014-8301, 8322, 8329]. — Cintra et al. 2017: tabs 1–6, Brazil Amapá [27–47 m].

Distribution/Habitat

WA; marine; 2– 160 m.