Molpadiodemas sp.

Molpadiodemas sp.

Figure 34a–h, Appendix 1, Table S1

Material examined. NMV F308142 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 103] ; NMV F308145 About NMV (1) and NMV F308157 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 105] ; NMV F308205 About NMV (3) , NMV F308210 About NMV (1) and NMV F308211 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 117] ; NMV F308221 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 120] ; NMV F308241 About NMV (1) and NMV F308251 About NMV (6) [IN 2022 V 08 131] ; NMV F308257 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 141] ; NMV F308264 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 143] ; NMV F308271 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 145] ; NMV F308273 About NMV (1) , NMV F308274 About NMV (3) and NMV F308276 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 147] ; NMV F308282 About NMV (1) , NMV F308283 About NMV (1) and NMV F308287 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 151] ; NMV F308293 About NMV (2) [IN 2022 V 08 155] ; NMV F308307 About NMV (2) and NMV F308308 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 181] ; NMV F308313 About NMV (1) [IN 2022 V 08 183] ; NMV F308329 About NMV (2) [IN 2022 V 08 191] .

Remarks. Due to the superficial similarity between Molpadiodemas sp. MoV. 7329 and Molpadiodemas sp. MoV. 7335 and the variation in form for Molpadiodemas sp. MoV. 7334, we are reluctant to define the remaining specimens past genus level until species can be more clearly separated based on additional genetics and morphological characters.

Family Pseudostichopodidae Miller, Kerr, Paulay, Reich, Wilson, Carvajal and Rouse, 2017 View in CoL

Diagnosis (see Miller et al., 2017).

Remarks. As with Molpadiodemidae , this family was erected in 2017 when molecular evidence combined with morphological characters supported its individual status within Persiculida ( Miller et al., 2017) . Pseudostichopodidae currently comprises a single cosmopolitan genus: Pseudostichopus , previously found off eastern, southern, and north-western coasts of Australia at depths of 528–4139 m along with Australian Antarctic waters (WoRMS and ALA, January 2024).