Recent collections of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from China seas, with some new records and a checklist of the area
Author
Wang, Jianjia
Author
Lin, Heshan
Author
Huang, Dingyong
Author
Zheng, Xinqing
Author
Liu, Qinghe
Author
Wang, Jianjun
Author
Niu, Wentao
Author
Zhang, Feng
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-23
4802
2
361
373
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4802.2.9
1175-5326
3907600
0217F11A-9F04-4029-850B-C85CF13ED72A
Note on
Ammothea hilgendorfi
(Böhm, 1879)
Twenty-three males,
33 females
and
6 juveniles
collected from
Pingtan
and
Fuqing
(
Fujian
,
China
) were lost during a laboratory renovation and we could only include record of the species here based on preliminary microscopic examination.
The
slender chelifore scape without any trace of chela was the most salient feature to differ this species from other
Ammothea
spp
.
A. hilgendorfi
was commonly observed from low tide areas to shallow seas along the coast of
China
and usually found in attached communities (
Huang 2008
;
Huang & Cai 1981
). All of the specimens were sorted from fouling organisms and were taken from the panels laid in the 0 or
5 m
deep water over three months. Almost all males were ovigerous.