Not Escharoides falcifera (Canu & Bassler, 1920)
Escharoides falcifera was described from New Caledonia. The material illustrated below is identified with this species provisionally, and was collected from Bass Strait, southeastern Australia.
Original description: Escharoides falcifera d'Hondt, 1986.
Locality: Banc de Coetlogon, Nouvelle Caledonie, 33-35 m.
Type specimen: MNHM
Species Datasheet: The original description and figure have been converted to a PDF file - Click here for a copy. Extract from Bull. Mus. natn Hist. nat., Paris, 4e ser., 8. |