Species Ascorhynchus armatus (Wilson, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scaeorhynchus armatus Wilson, E.B. 1881. Report on the Pycnogonida. Reports on the results of dredging...Blake. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 8(12): 239-256.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, E coast of USA, Atlantic Ocean [41° 24' 36" N, 65° 35' 24" W].
• Ascorhynchus agassizi Schimkewitsch, W. 1893. Compte-rendu sur les Pantopodes. In: Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agissiz, carried on by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 25(2): 27-43, pls 1-2.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cole, L.J. 1909. Pycnogonida. pp. 183-192 in . Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Leut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 52(11): 185-192, 3 pls

Generic Combinations

• Ascorhynchus armatus (Wilson, 1881). —
  Hedgpeth, J.W. 1948. The Pycnogonida of the Western North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 97(3216): 157-342, figs 4-53, charts 1-3

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southern Province (8)

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