Phalangipus filiformis Rathbun 1916

Phalangipus filiformis Rathbun, 1916 Phalangipus filiformis — Griffin 1973a: 172, figs. 1b, 3e, f, 6b, 7b, 8g, h [“near Hong Kong ”]; Griffin 1976: 204 [“near Hong Kong ”: 21°42–54'N, 114°46–50'E]. Taxonomy: Griffin (1973a). Type: Holotype ò USNM 48223 (Griffin 1973a). Type locality: East of Leyte, the Philippines. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean to West Pacific: from Maldives Islands, Arabian Sea, Malay Archipelago, to South China Sea and Taiwan, towards northwest and northern Australia (Griffin 1973a). Habitat: Subtidal; on continental shelf, substrates of sand to mud; depths 10 to 114 m (Davie 2002).