Anoplodactylus imswe Child, 1982

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 : 86-87

Anoplodactylus imswe Child, 1982

Anoplodactylus imswe Child, 1982a: 369–371 , fig. 166.

Anoplodactylus imswe – Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, fig. 3.

Type material

Holotype: USNM 171122 (not examined). Type locality: Tobacco Reef , 500 m N of South Water Cay, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂; Pointe du Vauclin ; 14°33.6ʹ N, 60°49.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AD230; MNHN-IU-2016-900 • 1 ♀; NE of Pointe Jacob ; 14°36.1ʹ N, 60°49ʹ W; depth 23 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AB185; MNHN-IU-2016-1102/ MK411050 • 1 ♀; Le Lorrain ; 14°50.7ʹ N, 61°03.8ʹ W; depth 11–14 m; 6 Oct. 2016; st. AS 565; MNHN-IU-2016-1117 • 1 ♂; NE of Pointe du Vauclin ; 14°34.9ʹ N, 60°48.4ʹ W; depth 18–20 m; 26 Sep. 2016; st. AS 409; MNHN-IU-2016-1205/ MK411081 • 1 ♂ ov.; same collection data as for preceding;MNHN-IU -2017-215 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°44.1ʹ N, 60°50.8ʹ W; depth 29 m; 18 Sep. 2016; st. AS 253; MNHN-IU-2016-1262 .

Remarks

This is the first record of this species since its original description from Belize; it was only collected on the Atlantic coast of Martinique. Males are identical to those described by Child (1982a), except that the ventral spur of coxae 2 on the third and fourth legs are generally slightly less marked than shown by Child, although it remains very prominent. Females have no ventral spurs on coxae 2 of the third and fourth legs, but a conspicuous ventral bulge is present on coxae 2 of all four legs, on the top of which stand the gonopores. We note no other differences from males apart from sexual characters.

Distribution

Known from Belize and Martinique.

Depth range

Intertidal, extended to 23 m.