Ammothella exornata Stock, 1975

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 : 16-17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.851.1999
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7317EA8C-7C05-4E24-A38C-30F860013694
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7517076
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A95E06-3E11-FFA0-FDB1-07AC03AFBC8D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ammothella exornata Stock, 1975
status

Treatment

Ammothella exornata Stock, 1975 View in CoL View at ENA

Ammothella exornata Stock, 1975a: 975–978 View in CoL , figs 7c–d, 8.

Ammothella exornata View in CoL – Stock 1979: 9, fig. 1b–c. — Child 1979: 9, fig. 3a–c; 2004: 144, 147 (key). — Müller 1990a: 278. — Montoya Bravo et al. 2009: 12–18 View Cited Treatment , figs 5–7. — Müller & Krapp 2009: 10–13 View Cited Treatment , 21 (key), 24–26, 128 (ecology), 130, 132–133, 137 (list), tabs 1, 3, fig. 7. — Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, figs 3, 5.

Type material

Holotype: NL ZMA.PYC.P.1062 (not examined). Type locality: southeast of Oyster Pond , St Martin.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♀ gr.; Grande Anse du Diamant ; 14°28.5ʹ N, 61°01.1ʹ W; depth 7 m; 9 Sep. 2016; st. AD216; MNHN-IU-2016-829/ MK411146 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀ gr.; Canal de Ste Lucie ; 14°23.9ʹ N, 60°52.6ʹ W; depth 0–2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AM012; MNHN-IU-2016-830/ MK411147 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀ gr.; Baie de Fort-de-France ; 14°33ʹ N, 61°03.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 7 Sep. 2016; st. AB104; MNHN-IU-2016-831 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; Pointe du Vauclin ; 14°33.6ʹ N, 60°49.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st.AD230; MNHN-IU-2016-878/ MK411188 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀ gr.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-555 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1285 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂ ov., 1 ♀ gr.; Ste-Luce ; 14°27.3ʹ N, 60°55.5ʹ W; depth 15 m; 10 Sep. 2016; st. AB062; MNHN-IU-2016-556 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♂ ov., 5 ♀♀ gr.; Baie de Sans-Souci ; 14°34.7ʹ N, 60°50.7ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 9 Oct. 2016; st. AM325; MNHN-IU-2016-1098 GoogleMaps • 1 juv.; Banc du Diamant ; 14°26.4ʹ N, 61°01.7ʹ W; depth 18 m; 15 Sep. 2016; st. AB177; MNHN-IU-2016-1105 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀ gr.; Schoelcher ; 14°37.7ʹ N, 61°07.2ʹ W; depth 4 m; 27 Sep. 2016; st. AB460; MNHN-IU-2016-1154 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Grande Anse du Diamant; 14°28ʹ N, 61°00.1ʹ W; depth 12 m; 26 Sep. 2016; st. AB360; MNHN- IU-2016-1217 GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Grande Anse du Diamant; 14°28ʹ N, 61°02.8ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 27 Sep. 2016; st. AM033; MNHN-IU-2016-1464. GoogleMaps

Remarks

Ammothella exornata was recorded from Martinique by Müller (1990a) from Ilet Cabrits, Petite Anse Macabou and Baie de Tartane. We found it on both the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts.

Distribution

Exclusively in the Caribbean area.

Depth range

0– 10 m. We extend this depth range to 18 m.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Pycnogonida
Order	Pantopoda
Family	Ammotheidae
SubFamily	Achelinae
Genus	Ammothella