Haumea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ostrea minuta Linnaeus, 1758: 696 .

Haumea minuta – Raines & Poppe 2006: 318, pl. 279, figs 1-6 (references, type data, original and additional descriptions, distribution).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “Oceano indien”, lectotype spm (UUZM), designated by Dijkstra (1999: 398) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn ED02, 15°31.7’S, 167°09.7’E, 18-21 m, 1 lv. — Stn ED05, 15°31.7’S, 167°09.4’E, 9-13 m, 1 lv. — Stn ED07, 15°33.9’-34.2’S, 167°08.0’-08.4’E, 20-28 m, 1 rv. — Stn ED13, 15°31.3’- 31.6’S, 167°10.0’-10.4’E, 22-29 m, 3 rv. — Stn LD21, 15°31.3’S, 167°09.9’E, 1-6 m, 2 spms, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn DS22, 15°31.7’S, 167°09.7’E, 25 m, 1 spm, 1 rv. — Stn LD24, 15°31.4’S, 167°10.0’E, 4-7 m, 1 rv. — Stn VM24, 15°35.2’S, 167°59.4’E, intertidal, 1 lv, 1 rv. — Stn LD27, 15°35.3’S, 166°59.3’E, 3-5 m, 1 spm, 6 lv, 5 rv. — Stn LD28, 15°35.4’S, 166°58.7’E, 3-8 m, 1 spm. — Stn AT35, 15°20.7’S, 167°11.6’E, 28-37 m, 1 lv. — Stn LD39, 15°35.4’S, 166°58.7’E, 6-9 m, 1 lv. — Stn AT41, 15°36.7’-37.0’S, 167°02.7’-02.8’E, 88-118 m, 1 rv.— Stn FS74, 15°35.7’S, 166°59.3’E, 12 m, 1 rv. — Stn AT88, 15°31.9’S, 167°15.0’E, 87-115 m, 1 rv. — Stn FS88, 15°32.7’S, 167°11.5’E, 5 m, 12 m, 1 spm .

DISTRIBUTION. — Northeast South Africa, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Mauritius, Mozambique, Kenya, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (new record) and Tahiti, from the intertidal zone to 36 m depth (ZMA, unpublished data).