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Portunus sayi (Gibbes).
Lupa sayi Gibbes. Proc. Amer. Assoc., p. 178. 1850.
— Dana, U.S. Explor. Exped., vol. 13, Crust., p. 273, Pl. 16, Fig. 8. 1852.
Neptunus sayi Milne-Edwards, Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. 10, p. 317, Pl. 29, Fig. 2. 1861.
— Miers, Cat. Crust. N.Z., p. 24. 1876.
— Filhol, Mission de l'Ile Campbell, p. 381. 1885.
— Miers, Challenger Reports, Zool., vol. 17, p. 173. 1886.
Neptunus (Neptunus) sayi Lenz and Strunck, Deutsche Sudpolar Exp., vol. 15, p. 278. 1914.
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One specimen in the British Museum, identified by Miers, is the sole claim of this American species to be included in the New Zealand fauna. Hutton has questioned its occurrence, and it has not been found again.