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Type locality Adriatic Sea, Croatia, near Cres (= Cherso) (geocoordinates not provided, estimated with a gazetteer to be approximately lat. 44.958º, long. 14.408º), on stones, among Melobesia at about 2 fathoms depth (about 4 m).
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Type material According to Banse (1969: 2600) "The holotype, which had been deposited in the ZMB, was destroyed during the Second World War (Dr G. Hartwich, Humboldt-University, Berlin, personal communication)." The loss of the holotype was also directly confirmed by Hartwich (1993: 100). [details]