The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Author
Bamber, Roger N
text
Zootaxa
2011
2787
55
67
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.201969
46df74fc-444d-4317-aca4-9e2b56ac9144
1175-5326
201969
Pallenopsis angusta
Stock, 1991
Pallenopsis (Pallenopsis) angusta
Stock, 1991
, 198–197, figs 47–48.
Stock, 1994
, 18, 49 (literature, distribution).
Stock, 1997
, 403–404.
Bamber, 2004a
, 76–77.
Bamber, 2004b
, 15 (distribution)
Material.
New Caledonia
:
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4778), station CP2038,
23°42’S
168°00’E
,
23 X 2003
, depth
290–330 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Jumeau Ouest.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4779), station DW2053,
23°40’S
168°16’E
,
24 X 2003
, depth
670–708 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Jumeau Est.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU- 2007-4780), station DW2091,
24°45’S
168°02’E
,
29 X 2003
, depth
600–896 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Kammon Maru.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4781), station CP2119,
23°23’S
168°02’E
, 0
1 XI 2003
, depth
300 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Antigonia.
2 specimens
(MNHN-IU-2007-4782), station CP2120,
23°22’S
168°02’E
, 0
1 XI 2003
, depth
240 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Antigonia.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4783), station DW2126,
23°16’S
168°13’E
, 0
2 XI 2003
, depth
398–550 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Crypthelia.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4784), station CP2130,
23°16’S
168°14’E
, 0
2 XI 2003
, depth
375–427 m
, Ride de
Norfolk
, Banc Crypthelia.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4785), station CP2153,
22°47’S
167°12’E
, 0
5 XI 2003
, depth
395–400 m
,
Ile
des Pins.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4786), station CP2154,
22°50’S
167°13’E
, 0
5 XI 2003
, depth
410–423 m
,
Ile
des Pins.
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4787), station DW2158,
22°41’S
167°14’E
, 0
6 XI 2003
, depth
265–283 m
,
Ile
des Pins. All Lozonet, Samedi & Richer-IRD coll.
Solomon Islands
:
1 specimen
(MNHN-IU-2007-4788), station CP2246,
7°42.6’S
156°24.6’E
,
XI 2004
, depth
664–682 m
, Solomon
Island
. Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.
Remarks.
Pallenopsis angusta
is the commonest
Pallenopsis
species of this region, recorded in a large number of samples from
New Caledonia
and the Loyalty Islands (
Stock 1991a
;
1997
;
Bamber, 2004b
) and from
Indonesia
(
Stock 1994
), from depths between 150 and
619 m
; the present material confirms its predominance in these waters, and extends its known depth range down to
896 m
..