Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

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Family Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Subfamily Asthenognathinae Stimpson, 1858

Asthenognathus hexagonum Rathbun, 1909 #

Asthenognathus hexagonum — Wong et al. 2021: 60, fig. 98a–c, pl. 18E.

Taxonomy: W Jiang et al. (2007), Yang and Tang (2008).

Type: Holotype ñ probably in NHMD (original text).

Type locality: North of Koh Kong, Gulf of Thailand.

Distribution: South China Sea: Gulf of Thailand, the Philippines and South China ( Rathbun 1910; Serène and Soh 1976; Yang and Tang 2008).

Habitat: Subtidal; muddy substrates; depths 8 to 26 m ( Yang and Tang 2008).

Asthenognathus inaequipes Stimpson, 1858 #

Asthenognathus inaequipes — Ong Che and Morton 1991: tab. 1; Wong et al. 2021: 63, fig. 98d–f, pl. 18F.

Taxonomy: De Man (1907), Sakai (1939), W Jiang et al. (2007).

Type: Presumably lost.

Type locality: “prop oras orientales insulae “niphon”; lat. Bor. 38°”: seas off now Sendai, Japan.

Distribution: East Asia: coasts of China, Korea, Japan ( Sakai 1976; W Jiang et al. 2007; SH Lee et al. 2010).

Habitat: Subtidal; substrates of mud or sandy mud; depths 7 to 50 m (W Jiang et al. 2007); also reported to be collected from dwelling of holothurian Protankyra bidentata (Woodward & Barrett, 1858) (SH Lee et al. 2010) .