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Genus Paranymphon Caullery, 1896

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Diagnosis

Trunk short, glabrous, lateral processes long, splayed out, with dorsodistal tubercles, long, short or filamentous; proboscis very short, abdomen and ocular tubercle erect, long, chelifore scapes longer than proboscis, chelae fully functional, with teeth; palps 7-segmented; ovigers 10-segmented, short, with terminal claw; legs long, slender, tarsus and propodus curved cylinders, no large heel spines, claw long, no auxiliaries. Cement gland outlets a series of tiny proximal pores.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
10-May-2022 PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810 27-Apr-2022 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)