Bemlos aequimanus (Schellenberg)

Lembos aequimanus Schellenberg, 1938: 76, fig. 39.-Barnard, 1965: 527, fig. 26.-Barnard, 1970: 72, figs. 36a-c a-c.- Ledoyer, 1984: 31, fig. 14.-Myers, 1985c: 385, figs. 246-248.

Bemlos aequimanus .-Myers, 1988a: 188.-Myers, 1995: 30.

Material examined. NCL-2 (3 66, 5 99, 1 immature), NCL-7 (1 9, 1 immature), NCL-8 (2 66, 2 99), NCL-9 (1 6), NCL-I0 (2 99), NCL-ll (1 6), NCL-12 (1 9), NCL-15 (10 66, 13 99, 2 immature), NCL-17 (8 66, 7 99), NCL-18 (6 66, 6 99, 2 immature), NCL-19 (11 66, 12 99, 3 immature), NCL-21 (3 66, 1 9, 1 immature), NCL-22 (466,4 99, 3 immature), NCL-80 (2 66, 1 9, 2 immature), NCL-212 (1 9, 1 immature).

Remarks. New Caledonian material does not appear to differ significantly from that reported from other Pacific islands.

Habitat. Amongst sea grasses, red and brown algae, spherical rhodoliths and coral rubble, 0-2 m.

Distribution. Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Tonga, Western Samoa, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia.