Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904

Sabroux, Romain, Hassanin, Alexandre & Corbari, Laure, 2022, Sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) collected during the Madibenthos Expedition from Martinique shallow waters, European Journal of Taxonomy 851 (1), pp. 1-141 : 22-23

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scientific name	Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904
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Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904 View in CoL View at ENA

Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904b: 275–277 View in CoL , pl. 12 fig. 8, pl. 20 figs 7–9, pl. 21 figs 1–6.

Ammothella spinifera View in CoL – Hedgpeth 1941: 256 (key). — Hilton 1943: 97. — Stock 1954b: 116, 119 (key); 1955: 253; 1986: tab. 1; 1992a: 116, 139. — Child 1979: 9; 1992a: 2, 9–11; 2004: 147 (key). — Müller 1990a: 278; 1992a: 43–44, figs 2–3. — Montoya Bravo et al. 2009: 18–21 View Cited Treatment , figs 10–11. — Müller & Krapp 2009: 21 View Cited Treatment (key), 33–38, 132–133, 137 (list), tab. 1, fig. 14. — Lucena & Christoffersen 2018a: 105. — Lucena et al. 2019: 3 (list), 6–7, 21, fig. 2g. — Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, figs 3, 5. — León-Espinosa et al. 2021: 153 View Cited Treatment , 157–160, 165, tab. 1, figs 2–3. — Ramírez-Tello et al. 2022: 162, tab. 1.

Ammothea spinifera – Hall 1913: 132 (key).

Type material

Holotype: USNM 231856 About USNM (not examined). Type locality: San Diego , California.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂; Pointe du Diamant ; 14°27.5ʹ N, 61°02.9ʹ W; depth 3 m; 15 Sep. 2016; st. AB126; MNHN-IU-2016-826/ MK411145 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Pointe du Vauclin ; 14°33.6ʹ N, 60°49.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AD230; MNHN-IU-2016-827 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN- IU-2016-1141 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ ov.; Ste-Luce ; 14°27.3ʹ N, 60°55.5ʹ W; depth 15 m; 10 Sep. 2016; st. AB062; MNHN-IU-2016-828 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; Pointe Michel ; 14°26.4ʹ N, 60°49.3ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AB120; MNHN-IU-2016-557 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Pointe Baham ; 14°25ʹ N, 60°50.4ʹ W; depth 0–2 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AM021; MNHN-IU-2016-581 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-582 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; Le Prêcheur ; 14°47.2ʹ N, 61°13.1ʹ W; depth 2 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AB382; MNHN-IU-2016-584 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 2 ♂♂ ov., 1 ♀, 1 juv.; Grand’Rivière ; 14°52ʹ N, 61°11.7ʹ W; depth 6 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AB556; MNHN-IU-2016-1070 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ ov., 1 ♀; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°47.5ʹ N, 60°57.4ʹ W; depth 14 m; 4 Oct. 2016; st. AB562; MNHN-IU-2016-1090 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Banc du Diamant ; 14°26.4ʹ N, 61°01.7ʹ W; depth 18 m; 15 Sep. 2016; st. AB177; MNHN-IU-2016-1103 GoogleMaps • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Anse Couleuvre ; 14°50.4ʹ N, 61°13.4ʹ W; depth 7 m; 1 Oct. 2016; st. AB463; MNHN-IU-2016-1119 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Baie de Fort-de-France ; 14°36.1ʹ N, 61°04ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 29 Sep. 2016; st. AM034; MNHN-IU-2016-1150 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; Trois Rivières ; 14°27.5ʹ N, 60°58.2ʹ W; depth 17 m; 9 Oct. 2016; st. AB578; MNHN-IU-2016-1169 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ ov., 2 ♀♀; Grande Anse du Diamant ; 14°28ʹ N, 61°00.1ʹ W; depth 12 m; 26 Sep. 2016; st. AB360; MNHN- IU-2016-1219 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1400 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Grand’Rivière ; 14°52ʹ N, 61°11.7ʹ W; depth 0–6 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AS 557; MNHN-IU-2016-1222 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; Anse des Galets ; 14°51.4ʹ N, 61°12.8ʹ W; depth 0–10 m; 7 Oct. 2016; st. AB567; MNHN-IU-2016-1247 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♂ ov., 1 juv.; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°48.4ʹ N, 60°52.8ʹ W; depth 23–25 m; 20 Sep. 2016; st. AB197; MNHN-IU-2016-1251 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Baie de Sans-Souci ; 14°34.7ʹ N, 60°50.7ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 9 Oct. 2016; st. AM325; MNHN-IU-2016-1270 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Rocher du Diamant ; 14°26.7ʹ N, 61°02.3ʹ W; depth 4–10 m; 14 Sep. 2016; st. AB123; MNHN-IU-2016-1295 GoogleMaps .

Remarks

The species is generally easily identified by the two characteristic dorsal clavate setae on the second trunk segment ( Müller & Krapp 2009). It was recorded for the first time in Martinique by Müller (1990a) at Vauclin, Petite Anse Macabou and Baie de Tartane, and was abundantly collected during Madibenthos from both the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts.

Distribution

Tropical Western Atlantic (Caribbean, Brazil) and East Pacific ( Ecuador, Panama, California).

Depth range

0– 28 m.

References

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Cole L. J. 1904 b. Pycnogonida of the west coast of North America. Harriman Alaska Expedition 10: 249 - 298.

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Hedgpeth J. W. 1941. A key to the Pycnogonida of the Pacific Coast of North America. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9 (26): 253 - 264.

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