Anoplodactylus (Pycnogonida: Phoxichilidiidae) from Brazil, new records and two new species
Author
Lucena, Rudá Amorim
B, Martin Lindsey CHRISTOFFERSEN & B & Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences
Author
Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey
B, Martin Lindsey CHRISTOFFERSEN & B & Postgraduate Program in Biological Sciences & B & Noninsect Invertebrate Biodiversity Laboratory, Federal University of Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
text
Turkish Journal of Zoology
2018
2018-03-28
42
4
372
388
http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1712-1
journal article
10.3906/zoo-1712-1
1303-6114
10973843
Anoplodactylus aragaoi
Sawaya, 1949
Anoplodactylus aragaoi
:
Sawaya, 1949: 63–67
, figures 1–9;
Stock, 1992: 130
, figures 63–64.
Diagnosis:
Segments 3 and 4 of trunk fused. Dorso-distal margin of lateral processes 1–3 with a small median seta and a smaller seta on each side. Palps reduced to a small cylindrical tubercle. Length of legs circa 3 times the length of the trunk. Coxae 1 and 3 with 2 lateral setae. Femur with a conical tubercle on distal margin, and a long apical seta. Tube of cement gland thin and elongate, tilting forwards. Propodus with a spine on heel, and 2 smaller spines on sole. Sole with 9 quadrangular spines, and a small terminal cutting lamina. Auxiliary claws absent (modified from
Sawaya, 1949
).
Distribution:
Brazil
:
Espírito Santo
(
Stock, 1992
).
Depth:
35–38 m
.