Genus Hemichela Stock, 1954

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hemichela Stock, J.H. 1954. Pycnogonida from Indo-West Pacific, Australian and New Zealand waters. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 116: 1-168 [90].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Diagnosis

Trunk not clearly segmented, lateral process long, splayed out, with dorsal tubercles; ocular tubercle and abdomen tall, erect; proboscis short, tapering to narrow mouth; scape short, 1-segmented, chelae with one complete finger, second missing; palps 7-segmented; ovigers 10-segmented, with terminal claw; no propodus heel or spines, main claw long, no auxiliaries.

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