Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)Distribution & Ecology: Endemic to the region; Marquesas (Nuku Hiva) - Marine; Deep (140m); Soft bottom (sand with Halimeda articles).
Regional Records: Oreotlos encymus Tan & Ng, 1992: 798, fig. 1-2 (Nuku Hiva; 140m; coll. Frv Marara, fr). - Poupin, 1996a: 97 (Checklist). - Unpublished sp. - Marquesas, MUSORSTOM 9, 1997, stn DW1170, Nuku Hiva, 104-109 m, prov. det. only from photograph, J. Poupin.
Depth distribution: 140 - 140 m
References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) -
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