The following species of Pycnogonida are recorded from Cook Strait: Nymphon longicoxa Hoek, Nymphon maoriana n.sp., Pallenopsis obliqua (Thomson) and Pallenopsis mauii n.sp. An immature specimen of Pallenopsis is also recorded as a bathypelagic form from 500–600 fathoms. The specimen is described but not named.