Deep sea Majidae (Decapoda : Brachyura) new to New Zealand with a description of Oxypleurodon wanganella sp.nov.

Three deep sea spider crabs (Brachyura : Majidae) from the South West Pacific are examined : Vitjazmaia latidactyla Zarenkov, 1994 from the Western Indian Ocean, is recorded from New Zealand, Eastern Australia and the Northern Tasman Sea; Oxypleurodon wanganella sp. nov. is described from North West of Northern New Zealand; and Cyrtomaia cornuta Richer de Forges and Guinot, 1988 from New Caledonian waters, is now recorded from New Zealand. (Résumé d'auteur)