New species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) and additional or noteworthy records from the western Pacific Author Houart, Roland Research Associate Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique rue Vautier, 29, B- 1000 Bruxelles (Belgium) roland. houart @ skynet. be houart@skynet.be Author Héros, Virginie Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département systématique & évolution case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris cedex 5 (France) malaco @ mnhn. fr malaco@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2012 2012-03-31 34 1 21 37 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2012n1a2 journal article 10.5252/z2012n1a2 1638-9387 4547204 Ponderia magna Houart, 1988 ( Fig. 2 H, I ) Ponderia magna Houart, 1988: 192 , figs 11, 12, 20. TYPE MATERIAL . — Holotype (dd) MNHN 0210 . NEW MATERIAL EXAMINED (all MNHN ). — Coral Sea . EBISCO : stn DW2606, Chesterfield Reefs, 19°36’S , 158°42’E , 442-443 m , 2 dd. — Stn DW2607, 19°33’S , 158°40’E , 400-413 m , 1 lv & 3 dd. — Stn DW2609, 19°33’S , 158°40’E , 431-436 m , 1 dd. — Stn DW2612, 19°35’S , 158°41’E , 392 m , 1 lv , 1 dd ( Fig. 2H, I ). TYPE LOCALITY . — Coral Sea, Chesterfields Reefs, 355 m , 19°54’S , 158°38’E [MUSORSTOM 5: stn DC378]. DISTRIBUTION. — Coral Sea, Chesterfield Reefs, living in 392-410 m , empty shells in 355- 431 m . REMARKS These are the first records of Ponderia magna since its description. The coordinates and depth are quite similar to those of the original material which was also collected in the Coral Sea, Chesterfield Reefs, during the MUSORSTOM 5 cruise.