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  • Genus: Parvamussium

  • Parvamussium cancellorum Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008
    Width 7mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Southern Norfolk Ridge and West Norfolk Ridge, from approx. 450-750 metres
  • Parvamussium thetidis (Hedley, 1902)
    Height 7.6mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Ridge. Also south-eastern Africa, Andaman Islands, Indonesian Archipelago, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia and Lord Howe Rise
  • Parvamussium maorium (Dell, 1956)
    Height 13mm, Width 12mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    North and South Island, Chatham Rise. Trawled 168 to over 1300 metres
  • Parvamussium retiolum Dijkstra, 1995
    Height 13mm
    Marine
    West Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings Rise and northern New Zealand, approx. 300-1000 metres. Also Chesterfield Reefs (Coral Sea), New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and Vanuatu
  • Parvamussium squalidulum Dijkstra, 1995
    Height 7.8mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Kermadec Ridge, 145-300 metres. Also Queensland, Western Australia, Coral Sea, Loyalty Islands, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna
  • Parvamussium vesiculatum Dijkstra, 1995
    Height 7.6mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    West Norfolk Ridge, southern Kermadec Ridge, and northern New Zealand, from approx. 450-800 metres. Also Eastern Indonesia, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Norfolk Ridge, Wallis and Futuna, Vanuatu
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil