The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pycnogonida (Sea spiders)
Child, C.A. (1998). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pycnogonida (Sea spiders). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 109. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: Wellington. ISBN 0-478-08446-3. 71 pp.
Part of: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
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Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
Ammothea acheliata Child, 1998 [WoRMS]; Ascorhynchus orthostomum Child, 1998 [WoRMS]; Hedgpethia eleommata Child, 1998 [WoRMS]; Nymphon trispinum Child, 1998 [WoRMS]; Nymphon uncatum Child, 1998 [WoRMS]; Pallenopsis latus Child, 1998 [WoRMS]
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Ninety-four species (including subspecies) of Pycnogonida are known from the New Zealand region and described in this report. Forty of these species are described from new material, which includes six newspecies. A key to pycnogonid families is given, the genera of each family represented by species found in New Zealand are diagnosed, the type species is given, and the distribution of each genus is generalised. Each species known to inhabit New Zealand waters is listed with its distribution and a brief diagnosis, and compared with similar species where practical in a remarks section. The new species are fullydescribed, illustrated, measured, and compared with known similar species. A list of all NIWA stations known to have produced pycnogonids from New Zealand waters is enumerated. A section on zoogeography isincluded in which the New Zealand fauna and its affinities with nearby and more distant faunas are discussed. Previous literature and the state of current pycnogonid knowledge are elaborated |
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