Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987 (Fig. 4F) Merhippolyte chacei Kensley, Griffin & Tranter, 1987: 309–312, figs. 18, 19 [type locality: E. of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 686 m]. — Poore et al. 2008: 84. Material examined. Bay of Plenty: NIWA 13674, 1 female (cl 8.2 mm), Tumokemoke Seamount, 37°27.95– 27.97’S, 176°57.28–57.05’E, 474– 435 m, TAN0413/168, 15.XI.2004. Challenger Plateau: NIWA 33172, 3 ov. females (cl 8.4–9.5 mm), 38°12.45’S, 168°35.10’E, 512–526 m, TAN0707/84, 3. VI.2007; NIWA 42683, 1 ov. female (cl 9.3 mm), 39°32.61’S, 169°42.87’E, 636– 634 m, TAN0707/93, 4. VI.2007. Remarks. The specimens agree well with the type description and extend the known range of the species from southern Australia to the Challenger Plateau, New Zealand. The rostral spination of the New Zealand specimens (5 or 6 dorsal of which 2 are postorbital; 7 ventral) resembles that of Australian material (4 or 5 dorsal of which 2 are postorbital; 7 ventral) (Kensley et al. 1987). Distribution. Southern Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia) and now from the Challenger Plateau and Bay of Plenty, New Zealand; 435–1000 m.

Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T., 2010, New species and new records of Caridea (Hippolytidae: Pasiphaeidae) from New Zealand *, pp. 341-357 in Zootaxa 2372 (1) on page 354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2372.1.26, http://zenodo.org/record/5306119