Species Anoplodactylus pycnosoma (Helfer, 1938)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Peritrachia pycnosoma Helfer, H. 1938. Einige neue Pantopoden aus der Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 2: 162-185 [176].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, Kobe, Pacific Ocean [34° 40' 12" N, 135° 7' 12" E].
• Phoxichilidium truncatum Hilton, 1942.

  Secondary source:

   Hilton, W.A. 1942. Pantopoda. Pantopoda chiefly from the Pacific. 1. Journal of Entomology and Zoology of Pomona College 34(1): 3-7; Hilton, W.A. 1942. Pycnogonids from the Allan Hancock expeditions. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 5(9): 277-339.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific, in shallow water.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: coral reef, intertidal, subtidal.

 

Taxonomic Notes

The WA specimens differ from the Japanese type in size, dorsal trunk segmentation, and shape of cement glands. The WA and Japanese specimens may be two different species.

Child (1998C) provides a list of 21 species of Anoplodactylus arranged by number of cement gland openings. Anoplodactylus pycnosoma falls into the second category: cement glands with three-six openings per femur.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Apr-2022	PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810	09-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)