Whiteleggia Lang 1972

Genus Whiteleggia Lang, 1972 Whiteleggia multicarinata (Whitelegge, 1901) W. multicarinata, Lang, 1970, 605–615, figs 3–8; – Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007, 132 (Bass Strait material). Additional material examined. 2 specimens, Stn. BSS 206, Eastern Bass Strait, 19 km E of Lake Tyers Entrance, 37º50.5'S, 148º16.0'E, 26 m depth, coarse sand, 30 July 1983, coll. M. Gomon & R. Wilson, FV Silver Gull. Remarks. This endemic south-east-Australian species occurred across the Bass Strait, on heterogeneous sandy substrata from depths between 26 and 124 m. Previous records were of the type material, off New South Wales, Australia, at 37 to 108 m depth, and further specimens in 1914 on sand and mud in depths of 70 to 100 m off Merimbula, New South Wales (not off South Africa – see Błażewicz-Paszkowycz & Bamber, 2007, p. 132).