Some Pycnogonida from the Eastern (Hasa) District of Saudi Arabia
Author
Child, C. Allan
text
Journal of Natural History
2002
2002-10-31
36
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1805
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930110075189
journal article
10.1080/00222930110075189
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Anoplodactylus turbidus
Stock, 1975
Anoplodactylus trispinosus
Stock, 1964: 31
, gures 5–7 [Red Sea specimen only].
Anoplodactylu s
turbidus
Stock, 1975a: 1076
, 1079
–1080, gure 56b–g.
Anoplodactylus
cf.
turbidus
Stock, 1975b: 133
.
Material examined
.
Saudi Arabia
:
Miscellaneous station
: Sta. Child 218, reef ledge
S of Manifa
boat inlet, wash of rock rubble in 1.3–2.1 m, 27ss30¾
35
²
N
, 49ss00¾
15
²
E
, 40 ppt salinity,
14 September 1982
(one)
.
Distribution
. The shallows of the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea contain the few collecting localities known for this species; at
Ethiopia
,
Tanzania
and
Madagascar
. It is new to the Gulf as are all other species except for
Callipallene pectinata
(Calman)
listed from new material in this report.
Remarks
. It should be noted that this species was not found at the many repeatedly collected shallow sites of this multi-year sampling programme, although many collections were made during the
NABS
programme at nearby Manifa sites. Rock rubble habitats apparently were not otherwise sampled for microfauna during the programme.