Novactaea pulchella

Novactaea pulchella (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865) # (Figs. 21, 38D) Novactaea pulchella — present record. Taxonomy: Sakai (1939: as Actaea), Guinot (1976), Serène (1984). Type: Holotype ñ in MNHN (Guinot 1976; Serène 1984). Type locality: Reunion Island. Distribution: Possibly western Indian Ocean to West Pacific: known with certainty from Reunion Island, likely also across the Indo-West Pacific, to South China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia (Guinot 1976; Serène 1984). Habitat: Intertidal and shallow subtidal; under rock fragments on a gritty substrate. Remarks: This species is a new record for the fauna of Hong Kong.