Amphiura (Amphiura) pusilla Farquhar, 1897

Amphiura pusilla Farquhar, 1898: 191, pl. 14(1–3).—Clark, H.L., 1915a: 235.—Mortensen, 1924: 152–153, fig. 26(1–2).—Fell, 1958: 27.—McKnight, 1993b: 194, 199.

Monamphiura pusilla .—McKnight, 1967a: 311.

Material Examined. Bay of Islands. KAH0907/195, NIWA 77877 (1).

Diagnosis. Scaled dorsally and ventrally. Oral shield with rounded margins. 5–6 bluntly pointed arm spines, reducing to 4 then 3 distally, as long as an arm segment, except for dorsal-most spine, which is shorter. Single large leaf-like tentacle scale.

Description. See Mortensen (1924).

Distribution. New Zealand (9–140 m).