Author: Munroe, Tyler & Tunnicliffe, 2011
Comments: Known only from the holotype, collected on soft sediments at 561 m;  56 other individuals observed, but not collected, were found on a variety of substrata, including coarse gravel, gravelly sand-shell and gravelly sand, located between 433-561 m on Volcano-19, Tonga Arc, western Pacific.  Considered to be a true vent species since  (Ref. 87974).