Palliolum minutulum Dijkstra & Southgate, 2000

Palliolum minutulum Dijkstra & Southgate, 2000: 14, figs 1-7.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia. Coral reef lagoon off Koumac, 12-14 m, holotype spm (MNHN 21160) .

Vanuatu. SANTO 2006, stn LD35, 15°32.7’-32.8’S, 167°11.5’-11.6’E, 3-8 m, 1 spm. — Stn EP36, 15°33.1’- 33.3’S, 167°12.4’-12.7’E, 20-60 m, 1 spm. — Stn EP37, 15°23.4’-23.6’S, 167°13.1’-13.3’E, 50-61 m, 1 spm. — Stn NS37, 15°31.4’S, 167°09.8’E, 2-3 m, 1 lv. — Stn DB53, 15°28.8’S, 167°15.2’E, 5 m, 1 spm .

DISTRIBUTION. — Philippines, Indonesia, northeastern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu (new record), New Caledonia, Fiji and Kiribati (Dijkstra & Southgate 2000: 16), from depths of 5-50 m (ZMA, unpublished data, and present records).