Family Stenopodidae Claus, 1872 Stenopus pyrsonotus Goy & Devaney, 1980: pre-dive at stn 32, Nuku Hiva, 129 m (Fig. 3 b). R/V Alis, dredge, Hiva Oa, 85– 87 m. Remarks. Stenopus pyrsonotus is a shallow-water species common in caves the Marquesas between 20– 35 m. This species was photographed by the ROV at 129 m, being its deepest record. A specimen of S. pyrsonotus collected in 1997 with a dredge at 85–87 m off Hiva Oa (R/V Alis, unpublished record, MUSORSTOM 9, stn DW1217) confirms the observations made with the ROV.

Published as part of Poupin, Joseph, Corbari, Laure, Pérez, Thierry & Chevaldonné, Pierre, 2012, Deep-water decapod crustaceans studied with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda), pp. 43-60 in Zootaxa 3550 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282838