Dautzenbergia megacheir (Walker, 1897)

Parapleustes megacheir Walker, 1897: 230–232, pl. 18, fig. 4

Sympleustes megacheir: Stebbing 1906: 317; Chevreux 1927: 88–89, pl. 7, figs. 6–12; Stephensen 1944: 5, fig. 1

Dautzenbergia megacheir: Barnard 1961: 106; Diviacco 1982: 632–637, figs. 1–4; Barnard & Karaman 1991: 316; BellanSantini et al. 1998: 822–823, fig. 557; Cartes et al. 2022: 5, figs. 2 & 4

Locus typicus: SW of Ireland, 1372 m water depth.

Distribution: North Atlantic: Ireland, 1372 m (Walker 1897), Canary Islands, 1200 m (Chevreux 1927), Greenland, 2448 m (Stephensen 1944); Mediterranean Sea: 650 m (Diviacco 1982),> 1000 m (Cartes et al. 2022). Found on a finely ramose gorgonid (see Stephensen 1944, p. 5) and the bamboo coral, Isidella elongata (see Cartes et al. 2022).