Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae Author Ahyong, Shane T. text Zootaxa 2007 1593 1 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.178624 7466bbb6-f889-4e40-b22d-e3aee96f9acb 1175-5326 178624 Leiogalathea laevirostris ( Balss, 1913 ) ( Fig. 8 ) Galathea laevirostris Balss, 1913 : 221 [ type locality: W entrance of Sombrero Channel, Nicobar Islands , 805 m ]. Galathea imperialis Miyake & Baba, 1967 : 213 , figs. 1, 2 [ type locality: WSW of Jagoshima, Sagami Bay]. Leiogalathea laevirostris . — Baba 1969 : 3 ; 1991: 487–488; 2005: 88, 246 [synonymy]. Material examined. Lord Howe Rise: NMNZ , 1 female ( 8.8 mm ), W of Norfolk Island , 28°51.21’S , 167°42.53’E , 690–812 m , TAN0308/29 #25, 15 May 2003 ; AM P26580, 1 female ( 5.8 mm ), NE of Batemans Bay, 35°38–41’S, 150°42–40’E, 540 m , K77-12-04, 10 Aug 1977 . Remarks. The present specimen from TAN0308/29 represents the first record of L. laevirostris from the vicinity of Norfolk Island , though Baba (1991) reported the species from the northern Norfolk Ridge and New Caledonia . The specimen from Batemans Bay, New South Wales , included here to document its presence in Australia , is the southernmost record of the species. Distribution. Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean to Indonesia , and New Caledonia to Japan and French Polynesia ; now from New South Wales and Norfolk Island , Australia ; 160–812 m ( Baba 2005; present study ).