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Pycnogonum (Retroviger) aurilineautum Flynn 1919

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Pycnogonum (Retroviger) aurilineautum Flynn, 1919 b

Pycnogonum aurilineatum Flynn, 1919: 92–95, X111, figs 1–2, pl. X1V fig. 3— Stock, 1973a: 125 — Staples, 1997: 1068–1070, fig. 21.8e, pl. 68.5— Staples, 2002, 549–552, fig. 4A–H.

Material examined. Four Hummocks I. 10 m. shelf, site 16, code 64 bag, H. Kirkman, 3 Dec 1995. SAM E3684 (1 female).

Type locality. Port Arthur, Tasmania.

Distribution. Investigator Group, Great Australian Bight, South Australia; Victoria; SE Tasmania to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. Intertidal to 23 m.

Remarks. This species is readily recognized by possession of a pale, mid-dorsal stripe.

Notes

Published as part of Staples, David A., 2007, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia, with description of two new species., pp. 95-101 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64 on page 100, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.9, http://zenodo.org/record/12211044

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SAM
Material sample ID
E3684
Event date
1995-12-03
Verbatim event date
1995-12-03
Scientific name authorship
Flynn
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Pantopoda
Family
Pycnogonidae
Genus
Pycnogonum
Species
aurilineautum
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Pycnogonum (Retroviger) aurilineautum Flynn, 1919 sec. Staples, 2007

References

  • Flynn, T. T. 1919. Two new Australian Pycnogonida. Papers and Proceedings: Royal Society of Tasmania. 91 - 100, pls X 11, X 1 V.
  • Stock, J. H. 1973 a. Pycnogonida from south-eastern Australia. Beaufortia 20 (266): 99 - 127.
  • Staples, D. A. 1997. Sea spiders or pycnogonids. (Phylum Arthropoda). Pp. 1040 - 1072, in: Shepherd, S. A., and Davies, M. (eds), Marine Invertebrates of Southern A ustralia. Part 111. South Australian Research and Development institute and Flora of South Australia Handbooks Committee: Adelaide.
  • Staples, D. A. 2002. Pycnogonum (Pycnogonida: Pycnogonidae) from Australia with descriptions of two new species. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 59 (2): 541 - 553.