Deltopelta obliqua (Rathbun, 1898) n. comb.

(Figs. 5 E‒G; 22H; 29I; 37G; 50H; 57E; 85D; 89J)

Chasmocarcinus obliquus Rathbun, 1898a: 286, pl. 7, figs. 6 [type localilty: Bahamas]; 1918: 55 [in key], fig. 27, pl. 14, figs. 1, 2.— Serène 1964a: 258 [in list].— Blow & Bailey 1992: 176 [in list].—Coelho & Coelho 1998: 813 [in list].—Ng et al. 2008: 76 [in list].—Felder et al. 2009: 1081 [in list].

Hephthopelta superba Boone, 1927: 16, fig. 5 [Belize].

Chasmocarcinus superbus —Ng et al. 2008: 76 [in list].

Type material. Holotype male (5.2 × 5.1 mm) (USNM 20509), Bahamas, SE Andros I., “in Tongue of Ocean ”, Albatross, stn 2651, 177 m, 13.04.1886.

Other material examined. U.S. Virgin Is. 1 male (cl 3.5 mm) (USNM 67781).

Belize. 1 female (holotype of Hephthopelta superba Boone, 1927) (10.7 × 13.0 mm) (PMNH), Glover Reef, off southern Belize, 885 m, Pawnee l, 20.04.1925.

Diagnosis. As for genus.

Remarks. The examination of the female holotype of Hephthopelta superba Boone, 1927, clearly showed that Boone’s species is a junior subjective synonym of D. obliqua . Boone’s detailed description and illustration (Boone 1927: 16, fig. 5) provide additional evidence of the synonymy.

Distribution. West Indies: Bahamas and Virgin Is. Depth: 177‒ 855 m.