New species and new records of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from deep waters in Western Australia
Author
Arango, Claudia P.
text
Zootaxa
2009
1977
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185190
24ca7e3f-75f9-401c-abb1-a914a1c3dc22
1175-5326
185190
Pseudopallene watsonae
Staples 2005
Pseudopallene watsonae
. —
Staples 2005
:160
, fig.2.
Material:
NMV
J54992
,
1male
, 1 sub-adult.
1 November 2005
, Mentelle, Western
Australia
,
CSIRO
station 015-120, collected by Sherman sled from
33.9800°S
114.7340°E
to
33.9837°S
114.7350°E
, soft bottom,
97 m
.
Remarks:
The specimens agree well with description of the
types
, except that this male is smaller. The chelae fingers of
Pseudopallene watsonae
are easily recognisable by the prominent lobes one on each finger. The
type
locality of the species is Althorpe Is., South
Australia
, but it had been found before at Port Phillip Bay, Victoria (
Staples, 2005
). This record is the deepest for the species and adds the westernmost locality suggesting
P. watsonae
could be distributed all along the southern Australian coast.