Anoplodactylus cf. arcuatus Child, 1977

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 : 76

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Anoplodactylus cf. arcuatus Child, 1977 View in CoL View at ENA

Anoplodactylus arcuatus Child, 1977b: 584–587 View in CoL , fig. 1.

Anoplodactylus sp. A . – Hedgpeth 1948: 236, fig. 35.

Anoplodactylus arcuatus View in CoL – Child 1992b: 39 (key), 41, tab. 5, fig. 17; 2004: 154; 2009: 819 (list). — Müller 1992a: 45–47, figs 4–14.

Anoplodactylus cf. arcuatus View in CoL – Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, figs 3, 5.

Type material

Anoplodactylus arcuatus . Holotype: USNM 154801 (not examined). Type locality: Piscadera Bay, Curaçao.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 juv.; Vétiver; 14°37.8ʹ N, 61°07.7ʹ W; depth 25 m; 8 Sep. 2016; st. AB161; MNHN- IU-2016-1036/ MK411030 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♂ ov., 1 ♀, 2 ♀♀ gr., 1 juv.; Vétiver; 14°37.9ʹ N, 61°07.7ʹ W; depth 10 m; 8 Sep. 2016; st. AS 054; MNHN-IU-2016-1204 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1326 GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1327/ MK411102 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Pointe de la Baleine; 14°31.1ʹ N, 61°05.9ʹ W; depth 17–19 m; 30 Sep. 2016; st. AB369; MNHN- IU-2016-1259/ MK411087 View Materials GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Le Prêcheur; 14°48.5ʹ N, 61°13.8ʹ W; depth 56 m; 8 Oct. 2016; st. AS 574; MNHN-IU-2016-1288 GoogleMaps .

Remarks

Martinique specimens are very similar to those described by Child (1977b), though the cement gland tubes are situated more proximally on the femorae (at about mid-length). The tubes are not arcuated in the present material; however, this character is known to be strongly variable ( Müller & Krapp 2009). All specimens were collected on the Caribbean coast.

Distribution

Anoplodactylus arcuatus is known from the Caribbean ( Curaçao, Barbados) and the Gulf of Mexico (Loggerhead Keys, Florida).

Depth range

Anoplodactylus arcuatus is known to dwell between 2.5 and 18 m. The present material was sampled between 10 and 56 m.

References

Child C. A. 1977 b. Four new species of Anoplodactylus (Pycnogonida) from the western North Atlantic. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90 (3): 584 - 596.

Child C. A. 1992 b. Pycnogonida of the Southeast Pacific Biological Oceanographic Project (SEPBOP). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 526: 1 - 43. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00810282.526

Hedgpeth J. W. 1948. The Pycnogonida of the Western North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 97 (3216): 157 - 342.

Muller H. - G. 1992 a. Shallow-water Pycnogonida from Barbados, Lesser Antilles with description of Anoplodactylus justi n. sp. Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region 71: 42 - 52.

Muller H. - G. & Krapp F. 2009. The pycnogonid fauna (Pycnogonida, Arthropoda) of the Tayrona National Park and adjoining areas on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Zootaxa 2319 (1): 1 - 138. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2319.1.1

Sabroux R., Hassanin A. & Corbari L. 2019 b. Four times more species of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) in Martinique Island (Lesser Antilles). Marine Biodiversity 49 (3): 1519 - 1535. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 019 - 00957 - 9