Parapallene australiensis ( Hoek, 1881 )

Staples, David A., 2007, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia, with description of two new species., Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64, pp. 95-101 : 97-99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.9
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scientific name	Parapallene australiensis ( Hoek, 1881 )
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Parapallene australiensis ( Hoek, 1881) View in CoL

Pallene australiensis Hoek, 1881: 76–78 , pl. 11: figs 1–7. Parapallene australiensis Stock, 1991:190 View in CoL (earlier refs) — Staples,

1997:1057, fig. 21.4e pl. 67.2, 68.3.

Material examined. Great Australian Bight , approx 96 nm SW of Elliston, (34° 54.13'S, 133°42.68'E), 180 m epibenthic sled, RV GoogleMaps Franklin, stn PL 94 / 08–09, 27 Jun 1994, K. L. Gowlett-Holmes, S. Hagman, Y. Bone, SAM E3679 View Materials (1 male) .

Type locality. East Moncoeur I., Bass Strait, Tasmania .

Distribution. Cape Naturaliste WA, along the east coast, north to Cape York and New Caledonia at depths 10– 240 m.

Remarks. The proboscis of this specimen is missing. Colour and markings of live specimens are variable. In southern Australia, this seasonally abundant species is typically uniformly scarlet in colour, matching the hydroid Halopteris glutinosa , on which it feeds ( Staples, 1997).