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 marcusi
(
Mello-Leitão, 1949
)
Halosoma marcusi
Mello-Leitão, 1949: 168-173
, figures 1–4.
Anoplodactylus robustus
:
Zilberberg, 1963: 25-27
, figures 5–7 (
Dohrn, 1881
).
Diagnosis:
Cuticle with many hypodermic glands. Trunk small and robust. Lateral processes contiguous. Proboscis slightly shorter than half length of trunk. Abdomen strongly reduced. Cheliphore and chela with few setae. Fixed finger almost half as long as movable finger. Oviger with 5 articles. Legs robust with few setae. Propodus only slightly smaller than femur, with 2 spines on heel. Sole with small spines along its length. Auxiliary claw strongly reduced (modified from
Mello-Leitão, 1949
).
Distribution:
Brazil
(
Rio de Janeiro
, Ilha de Trindade) (
Mello-Leitão, 1949
;
Zilberberg, 1963
).
Depth:
Intertidal to
40 m
deep.