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 Stenopodidae Claus, 1872 Stenopus pyrsonotus Goy & Devaney, 1980 : pre-dive at stn 32, Nuku Hiva, 129 m ( Fig. 3 b). R/V Alis , dredge, Hiva Oa, 85– 87 m . Remarks . Stenopus pyrsonotus is a shallow-water species common in caves the Marquesas between 20– 35 m . This species was photographed by the ROV at 129 m , being its deepest record. A specimen of S. pyrsonotus collected in 1997 with a dredge at 85–87 m off Hiva Oa (R/V Alis , unpublished record, MUSORSTOM 9, stn DW1217) confirms the observations made with the ROV.