Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991

Stock, 1991 a, 164–166, fig. 28.

Material: New Caledonia: 4 specimens (MNHN­Py 1003), Alis Norfolk 1; 2 specimens (NHM, 2003.635 – 636), station CP 15, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne LITHIST banc Jumeau Ouest, 23 º 40.4 'S 168 º15.0'E, 389–404 m; 12 /08/ 1999, coll. Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1010), station DW 187, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne SMIB 8, Banc Azteque, 23 º 17.7 'S 168 º05.6'E, 390–540 m; 31 /01/ 1993. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1012), station DW 1651, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23 º 27.3 'S 167 º 50.4 'E, 276– 350 m; 19 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1014), station DW 1653, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23 º 28 'S 167 º 51 'E, 328–340 m; 19 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1015), station DW 1657, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23 º 28 'S 167 º 52 'E, 305–332 m; 19 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­ IRD. 2 specimens (MNHN­Py 1016), station CP 1669, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23 º 39 'S 168 º01'E, 302–325 m; 21 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1017), station CP 1671, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23 º 41 'S 168 º00'E, 320–397 m; 21 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1019), station DW 1709, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23 º 42 'S 168 º 16 'E, 380–389 m; 25 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1023), station DW 1729, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc P, 23 º 20 'S 168 º 16 'E, 340–619 m; 27 /06/ 2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD.

Remarks: A species with a proboscis characteristically tapering to a tubular distal third, and with a tarsus about twice as long as its propodus, recorded from numerous samples around New Caledonia, the Loyalty and Chesterfield Islands, and Fiji (Stock 1991 a; 1997; Bamber 2004), with a depth range of 270 to 1475 m. Its distinctions from the similar Colossendeis sinuosa are discussed under that species below.