Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia, with description of two new species. Author Staples, David A. text Memoirs of Museum Victoria 2007 2007-12-31 64 95 101 https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-64-2007/pages-95-101/ journal article 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.9 1447-2554 12211044 Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973b Achelia shepherdi, Stock, 1973b: 92–95 , figs 1–2— Staples, 1997: 1056; fig. 21.7e — Child, 1975: 22–24 , fig. 10. Material examined . S of Eucla , South Australia , Great Australian Bight , ( 31°50'E , 129°0'S ), stn GAB 007, semi-epibenthic sled, 42 m , P. E. Bock and S. J. Hageman , 15 Jul 1995 SAM E3676 ( 1 male ) . Type locality. Bruny I. , Tasmania . Distribution. Western Australia , South Australia , Victoria , Tasmania and east coast of Australia at depths to 50 m . Remarks. This species is readily distinguished from its Australian congeners by the serrated appearance of the distal palp and possession of a bulbous proboscis.