Recent collections of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from China seas, with some new records and a checklist of the area
Author
Wang, Jianjia
Author
Lin, Heshan
Author
Huang, Dingyong
Author
Zheng, Xinqing
Author
Liu, Qinghe
Author
Wang, Jianjun
Author
Niu, Wentao
Author
Zhang, Feng
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-23
4802
2
361
373
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4802.2.9
1175-5326
3907600
0217F11A-9F04-4029-850B-C85CF13ED72A
Propallene
species indeterminate
(
Fig. 2-h
)
Material examined
Juvenile
(TIO908XM2901),
Xiamen
,
China
,
23.55°N
117.27°E
,
11 m
depth
,
Oct. 2007
.
Remarks
The juvenile, with simple ovigers and without genital pores, was difficult to identify. The chelifores were similar to
Propallene
sp. with four teeth on movable finger and three teeth on immovable finger, but with six sole spines and one long simple spine basally present on the almost straight propodus (
Fig. 2-h
). Although morphologic changes occur during development, due to the distance between these two specimens and the lack of other strong evidence, it is more reasonable to classify this juvenile as another indeterminate species temporarily.