Family Serolidae

Serolis bromleyana, Suhm, 1874.

Serolis bromleyana Suhm, 1874: xix.

Beddard, 1884: pp. 53–57, pl. iv.

Sheppard, 1933: 329–330, 280.

Material Examined: Station BOP (VUZ. 41), 2 males, 22–23 mm, 3 females, 22–26 mm; Station DOP (VUZ. 51), 1 male, 15 mm (incomplete), 3 females, 11–23 mm, one at 23 mm ovigerous; Station HUL (VUZ. 53), 6 females, 12–20 mm; Station GUL (VUZ. 54), 48 males, 15–28 mm, 15 ovigerous females, 23–28 mm, 17 juveniles, 7–15 mm; Station FOOR (VUZ. 58), 1 female, ovigerous, 34 mm.

Distribution: Cook Strait; "off the east coast of New Zealand, in 1,100 and 700 fathoms, and close to the Antarctic Ice-Barrier in 1,975 fathoms".

Discussion: These trilobite-looking animals are apparently common and perhaps even a dominant part of the bottom fauna in the deeper waters around New Zealand.