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Huenia bifurcata Streets.

Huenia bifurcata Streets, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philad., p. 107. 1870.

— Miers, Cat. Crust. N.Z., p. 3. 1876.

— Haswell, Cat. Crust. Austr., p. 8. 1882.

— Filhol, Mission de l'Ile Campbell, p. 352. 1885.

Simocarcinus (?) bifurcata Miers, Challenger Reports, Zool., vol. 17, Crust., p. 35. 1886.

Huenia bifurcata Fulton and Grant, Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 17, 1909.

The type specimen is the only one recorded from New Zealand, and the species is one whose occurrence here was considered by Hutton to be very doubtful. It does not appear to be the same as the

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widely-spread and very variable H. proteus de Haan (known from Japan, China, Australia, Kermadec Islands).

Locality.—N.Z. (Streets).

Distribution.—Australia.

Type.—Mus. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia.