(SPECIMEN ON LOAN WHEN WE VISITED THE COLLECTION)
Actinopyga spinea Cherbonnier, 1980: 621, fig. 4A-J; Conand & Chardy, 1985: 295; Féral & Cherbonnier, 1986: 74 (colour plate); Conand, 1989: 19 ; Pawson, 1995: 188 Conand, 1998: 1171, textfigs + map.
Type data: EcHh 3109; Station 109, channel of the isle Canard (New Caledonia); 14 m depth; coll. ORSTOM; well preserved; well relaxed; dorso-longitudinal dissection; calcareous ring removed from specimen
Anatomical description: to be made later.
Ossicle description: to be made later.
Known distribution: Channel of the isle Canard (New Caledonia).
Taxonomic decision: valid species (confirmed after re-examination of holotype).
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