Species Callipallene novaezealandiae (Thomson, 1884)

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• Pallene novaezealandiae Thomson, G.M. 1884. On the New Zealand Pycnogonida, with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 16: 242-248 [246].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Otago Harbour, Pacific Ocean [45° 49' 12" S, 170° 39' 0" E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: continental shelf, intertidal, subtidal.

Notes

Some authors list this as Callipallene brevirostris novazealandiae, others drop the brevirostris part. Thjere is no general agreement on this matter in the literature.

There may be several different species contained in the literature under the subspecies name Callipallene novazealandiae novazealandiae since it has a widely scattered distribution (New Zealand, Tasman Sea, South Australia to Madagascar) and has been collected at depths ranging from less than one m to 91 m.

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