Sea spiders (Pycnogonida, Arthropoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: new species, new records and ecological annotations Author Arango, Claudia P. text Journal of Natural History 2003 2003-11-30 37 22 2723 2772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930210158771 journal article 10.1080/00222930210158771 1464-5262 Seguapallene cf. micronesica Child, 1983 Seguapallene micronesica Child, 1983: 709–711 , figure 4; 1991: 145. Material examined. Chilcott Island, 1 m , in Halimeda sp. , Amphiroa sp. and rubble washings, 10–15 m , 14 September 1998 , one X ; Willis Reef, 15–16 m , two juveniles (coll. Diaz-Pulido). Description. The material collected was not in good condition and it only allowed comparison with the Indo-west Pacific species Seguapallene micronesica . The specimens all have separated crurigers and a short main propodal claw, and the triangle-shaped teeth of the chelae, different from the sister species described from Lizard Island, S. crassa Child (1990: 321) . The two juveniles show the same characteristics as the female. Distribution. Seguapallene micronesica was described from the intertidal at Palau Islands, followed by a record from Guam (Child, 1991) that expanded its Pacific distribution to the north-east. This record suggests a wider distribution confined to littoral habitats of the tropical Pacific. Remarks. This is a rare genus of six recognized species, one known from the sub-Antarctic, the others collected in Indo-Pacific localities (Child, 1991). The species is characterized by a long denticulate terminal claw and large and robust chelifores.