Cilunculus scaurus Stock, 1997

Bamber, Roger N, 2011, The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2787, pp. 55-67 : 60

Cilunculus scaurus Stock, 1997

Stock, 1997, 393–394; fig. 3. Bamber, 2004a, 80.

Material. New Caledonia: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4742), station DW2068, 25°20’S 168°57’E, 26 X 2003, depth 680–980 m, Ride de Norfolk, Banc Porthos. Lozonet, Samedi & Richer-IRD coll.

Remarks. Cilunculus is a surprisingly diverse genus in the Melanesian islands, with ten of the thirty known species recorded from this region, of which seven are currently endemic. Cilunculus scaurus has only been recorded twice before, from New Caledonia (type-locality), at depths between 750 and 1000 m ( Stock, 1997; Bamber, 2004a).