Genus Callipallene Flynn, 1929

Museums

Regional Maps

• Callipallene Flynn, T.T. 1929. Pycnogonida from the Queensland coast. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 252-260 [252].

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), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Diagnosis

Trunk and lateral processes usually smooth, no tubercles, fully or partially segmented, proboscis short; chelifores robust, scape 1-segmented, chelae fully formed, with serrations or denticulate fingers; no palps, ovigers 10-segmented, strong strigilis, distal apophysis on 5th segment of males, no terminal claw; tarsus short, propodus with heel spines, large auxiliaries. Cement gland openings ventral pores or tiny tubes.

Taxonomic Notes

In order to fully describe a Callipallene species, the male characters are needed. Child (1975) describes a Callipallene species A from a female and several immatures and a Callipallene species B from four larvae. Both A and B were collected from Cottesloe Beach, Perth, WA. Full descriptions and species names await further collecting.

History of changes