Onconida tropis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Macpherson, Enrique & Baba, Keiji, 2006, New species and records of small galatheids (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Southwest and Central Pacific Ocean, Zoosystema 28 (2), pp. 443-456 : 455

Onconida tropis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Onconida tropis Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 491 , figs 29, 34c. — Baba 2005: 299, 300.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Tonga. BORDAU 2, stn CP 1526, 21°15.80’S, 174°59.20’W, 463-464 m, 2. VI.2000, 1 ♂ 6.1 mm (MNHN-Ga 5331). — Stn CP 1527, 21°16’S, 174°59’W, 483-509 m, 3. VI.2000, 1♂ 6.7 mm ; 2 ovig. ♀♀ 5.7-6.7 mm; 1 ♀ 4.9 mm (MNHN-Ga 5332). — Stn CP 1538, 21°39’S, 175°19’W, 471-508 m, 4. VI.2000, 2 ♂♂ 5.9-6.7 mm (MNHN-Ga 5333). — Stn CP 1545, 21°17’S, 175°17’W, 444-447 m, 5. VI, 2000, 1 ♂ 4.9 mm ; 3 ovig. ♀♀ 5.3-5.9 mm (MNHN-Ga 5334). — Stn CP 1552, 20°38’S, 174°58’W, 491-500 m, 6. VI.2000, 1 ♂ 4.6 mm (MNHN-Ga 5335). — Stn CP 1593, 19°06’S, 174°18’W, 436-442 m, 14. VI.2000, 1 ♀ 6.6 mm (MNHN-Ga 5336). — Stn CP 1643, 21°04.54’S, 175°22.50’W, 487 m, 22. VI.2000, 2 ♂♂ 4.2-5.2 mm; 3 ♀♀ 5.2-6.7 mm (MNHN-Ga 5337).

SolomonIslands. SALOMON1,stnCP1831, 10°12.121’S, 161°19.236’E, 135-325 m, 5.X.2002, 25 ♂♂ 4.4-6.6 mm; 15 ovig. ♀♀ 5.0- 7.3 mm; 6 ♀♀ 5.5-6.8 mm (MNHN-Ga 5338).

DISTRIBUTION. — Known from Indonesia (Kei Islands) and New Caledonia in 210- 480 m. The new occurrences extend the distribution range to the Solomon Islands and Tonga, in 135- 509 m.

Genus Plesionida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996