Dermonema abbottiae Afaq-Husain, Nizamuddin, & Shameel, 1991: 75–82, figs. 1–39 (type locality: near Cape Monze, Karachi, Pakistan).—Afaq-Husain, Shameel, Usmanghani, Ahmad, & Ahmad, 1991: 215–220, tables I–III.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 44.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan.
Note: This species was first cited, without a description, by Shameel & Afaq Hussain (1987: 296) and Shameel, Afaq-Husain, & Shahid-Husain (1989: 179).