Deep-water decapod crustaceans studied with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (Crustacea: Decapoda) Author Poupin, Joseph Author Corbari, Laure Author Pérez, Thierry Author Chevaldonné, Pierre text Zootaxa 2012 3550 43 60 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.282838 9b29a45a-d0cc-4f71-980d-75188b04bb57 1175-5326 282838 Family Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges, 1983). Stn 34, Hatu Iti, 334 m ( Fig. 6 d). R/V Marara , trap, Eiao, Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, 256–580 m ; R/V Alis , dredge, beam trawl, Dumont d'Urville Seamount, Eiao, Hatutaa Motu One, Nuku Hiva, Tahuata, 163– 805 m . Remarks . Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges 1983) was described based on specimens from Tahiti (R/V Tainui , trap, 400–500 m ), Samoa , and Guam (Richer de Forges 1983: 634). Galil (2003: 402) has synonymised T. serenei with T. distinctus (Rathbun, 1894) . Recently, however, Ng & Richer de Forges (2007: 16) concluded that the two species are distinct, with T. distinctus known with certainty only from the Hawaii Is. and T. serenei from French Polynesia , Wallis & Futuna , Samoa , Guam , and questionably from the Solomon Is. (as T. distinctus ; in Galil 2007 ), and New Zealand (as T. distinctus ; in Galil 2003 and Yaldwyn & Webber 2011 ).