Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea
Author
Lehmann, Tobias
Author
Hess, Martin
Author
Melzer, Roland R.
text
Zoosystematics and Evolution
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7520
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7520
1860-0743-2
6EBE944E-00E5-473A-94CE-4DF4C54E54D8
Taxon classification Animalia Pantopoda Callipallenidae
Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)
Figures 26, 30, 31, 32, 33
Callipallene phantoma crinita
Stock, 1952
Callipallene phantoma phantoma
(Dohrn, 1881)
Pallene phantoma
Dohrn, 1881
Material.
ZSMA20071489: female; Brucoli, Sicily, Italy; 14.09.1988. ZSMA20071490: female; Banyuls-sur-mer, France; 07.2004. ZSMA20071491: female; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071492: male; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071493: male; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071494: male; Rovinj, Croatia; 05.07.2005.
Remarks.
Dohrn (1881)
describes the auxiliary claws as half as long as the claw. According to
Stock (1952)
the length of auxiliary claws can vary between specimens. Here all 6 specimens from 4 different locations have more or less rudimentary auxiliary claws (Fig. 31F; Fig. 33F, G).