Ascorhynchus orthorhynchus Hoek, 1881

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 : 58

Ascorhynchus orthorhynchus Hoek, 1881

Hoek, 1881, 57-59; pl. 5 figs 11–13, pl. 6 figs 1–4, pl. 15 figs 14–15. Loman, 1908, 31. Stock, 1953, 301. Stock, 1997, 390– 391; figs. 1a–f. Bamber, 2004a, 77–78. Bamber, 2004b, 3.

Material. Solomon Islands: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4731), station CP2207, 7°43.8’S 158°29.7’E, XI 2004, depth 336–341 m, Solomon Island, NW Isabel. Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.

Remarks. Bamber (2004b) listed the records of this large species from this region, and recorded six specimens from the Solomon Islands at depths between 140 and 723 m. Its range is the tropical western Pacific Islands (type locality New Guinea).