Genus Pigrogromitus Calman, 1927

Pigrogromitus timsanus

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Pigrogromitus Calman, W.T. 1927. Report on the Pycnogonida. Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, 1924. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 22(3): 403-410 [408].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Diagnosis

Compact body, trunk ovoid, with low median dorsal bumps, lateral processes short, crowded, glabrous; proboscis short, barrel-shaped; chelifores tiny, reduced, fingers simple; palps absent; ovigers 10-segmented, short, spines simple, no strigilis, no terminal claw; legs robust, segments short, claw large, curved, no auxiliaries.

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