Octomana hadromischa Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003
(Fig. 1C)
Octomana hadromischa Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003: 2345–2350, figs 18, 19.
Type Material. Holotype: adult male, 9.5 mm, (appendages on one slide), CMNC 2002–0014, 34°50.2'N 123°05.11'W, 4050 m, 16 March 1992, Station 1118, Cup# 3. Allotype: adult female, 10 mm, (appendages on one slide), CMNC 2002–0015, 34°47.18'N 123°04.18'W, 4000 m, 27 August 1990, Station 327, Cup# C. Paratypes: female, CMNC 2002–0016, same data as allotype; female, ZMUC-CRU-3723, 34°46.59'N 123°04.04'W, 4000 m, 22 November 1989, Station 208, Cup# 2; female, USNM 1004364, 34°53.98'N 123°11.10'W, 3450 m, 23 November 1994, Station 2305, Cup# 5; female, CMNC 2002-0017, 34°53.22'N 123°02.13'W, 4050 m, 4 December 1991, Station 1014, Cup# 5; female, juvenile male, CMNC 2002–0018, 34°50.88'N 122°58.68'W, 4050 m, 26 May 1991, Station 621, Cup# 10; female, CMNC 2002-0019, 34°47.94'N 123°03.80'W, 3450 m, 15 July 1992, Station 1216, Cup# 3; male (broken), CMNC 2002–0020, 34°50.97'N 122°59.79'W, 4000 m, 7 July 1990, Station 439, Cup# 2; female (broken), CMNC 2002–0021, 34°49.22'N 123°05.50'W, 4050 m, 9 February 1994, Station 1822, Cup# 6; juvenile female, (broken), CMNC 2002–0022, 34°53.07'N 122°59.05'W, 3500 m, 16 July 1991, Station 725, Cup# 3; female (broken), CMNC 2002–0023, 34°50.97'N 122°59.79'W, 4050 m, 7 July 1990, Station 439, Cup# 2; male, CMNC 2002–0024, 34°55.97'N 123°13.89'W, 3500 m, 3 October 1996, Station 3034, Cup# 13.
Type locality. North-east Pacific off Point Conception, California, 34°50.2'N, 123°05.11'W, 4050 m.
Material examined. 3 specimens (extremely poor condition) AM P.100459, Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve, Tasmania (40°27'47"S 149°24'54"E to 40°27'40"S 149° 21'50"E), 4129−4131 m, 21 May 2017, Brenke Epibenthic Sledge, coll. L.E. Hughes, F. Koehler, E.K. Kupriyanova, RV Investigator (IN2017_ V03 _016); 1 specimen, AM P.100460, Central Eastern Commonwealth Marine Reserve, New South Wales, (30°15'48"S 153°51'31"E to 30°17'21"S 153°50'38"E), 4436− 4414 m, 6 June 2017, Brenke Epibenthic Sledge, coll. L.E. Hughes, F. Koehler, E.K. Kupriyanova, RV Investigator (IN2017_ V03 _089); 1 specimen, AM P.100461, off Fraser Island, Queensland (25°13'11"S 154°09'37"E to 25°15'38"S 154°12'00"E), 4005−4010, 11 June 2017, Brenke Epibenthic Sledge, coll. L.E. Hughes, F. Koehler, E.K. Kupriyanova, RV Investigator, (IN2017_ V03 _110) .
Depth. 1787–4050 m.
Remarks. The genus Octomana is currently monotypic. The present records from Tasmania to Queensland along eastern Australia are a considerable range extension from the original material of Octomana hadromischa Hendrycks & Conlan, 2003 described from the North-east Pacific off Point Conception, California and off British Columbia.
Specimens are in very poor condition, despite being sampled whole in good order the material became disarticulated in 95% ethanol in the first few years following preservation with no obvious cause.