Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea Author Lehmann, Tobias Bavarian State Collection of Zoology-SNSB, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 Munich, Germany & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Department Biology II, Grosshaderner Strasse 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany lehmann@zsm.mwn.de Author Hess, Martin Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Department Biology II, Grosshaderner Strasse 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany & GeoBio-CenterLMU, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany Author Melzer, Roland R. Bavarian State Collection of Zoology-SNSB, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 Munich, Germany & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Department Biology II, Grosshaderner Strasse 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany & GeoBio-CenterLMU, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Munich, Germany text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2014 2014-10-31 90 2 163 224 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7520 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7520 1860-0743-2-163 6EBE944E00E5473A94CE4DF4C54E54D8 7E36373E452A532AA4B6F4B772F31B73 575716 Anoplodactylus pygmaeus (Hodge, 1864) Figures 45 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 Anoplodactylus derjugini (Losina-Losinsky, 1929) Anoplodactylus exiguus (Dohrn, 1881) Pallene pygmaea Hodge, 1864 Phoxichilidium exiguum Dohrn, 1881 Phoxichilidium pygmaeum Hoek, 1881 Material. ZSMA20071481: female; Elba, Italy; 20.10.2004; 3-5 m. ZSMA20071482: female; Elba, Italy; 21.10.2004; 3-5 m. ZSMA20071483: male; Elba, Italy; 20.10.2004; 0.5-4 m. ZSMA20071484: male; Cape Kamenjak, Croatia; 03.05.2007; 0-5 m; Stypocaulon scoparium (Linnaeus) Kuetzing , 1843. Remarks. In the literature there is diverse information about the articulation of the oviger, 7 articles in Dohrn (1881) and 6 articles in Bouvier (1923) and King (1986) are reported. Here the ovigers have 6 articles (Fig. 50E, F ).