Species Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, 1878

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, E.B. 1878. Synopsis of the Pycnogonida of New England. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 1-26 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype Brooklyn, Atlantic Ocean [40° 39' 0" N, 74° 1' 48" W].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread distribution: coastlines of Europe (as far north as Ireland), North and South America, Africa, Australia (Stock 1954); probably contains a number of different species.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Nearctic Region

• United States of America
  • Massachusetts

Neotropical Region

• Brazil
  • Rio de Janeiro

Palaearctic Region

• Italy

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: intertidal.

 

Taxonomic Notes

Several currently unrecognized species may be represented under this name. See Clark (1977, p. 327) for discussion.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Apr-2022	PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810	01-Mar-2022	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)