Austrodecus (Austrodecus) staplesi Stock 1990

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 : 100

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12211277
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE87C8-FFC4-FFB4-0BDC-3B71FED4F8F8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Austrodecus (Austrodecus) staplesi Stock 1990
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Austrodecus (Austrodecus) staplesi Stock 1990 View in CoL

Austrodecus staplesi Stock 1990: 269–271 View in CoL , figs 1–8— Bamber 2005: 339–340.

Austrodecus tubiferum Staples 1997: 1068 View in CoL , fig. 21.8d.

Material examined. Western Australia, south of Esperance (34°32'S, 123°40'E), 80 m, epibenthic sled, stn GAB 087, 23 Jul 1995, P. E. Bock NMV J56094 About NMV (1 male) GoogleMaps .

Type locality. Split Solitary I., New South Wales .

Distribution. Esperance Bay, Western Australia and along the southeast coast to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales and Tasmania. Depth 14– 30 m.

Remarks. This single male is assigned to this species on the basis of the propodus being longer than tibia 2, the location of the cement gland tube on the mid-ventral surface of the femur, the absence of auxiliary claws and possession of 4-segmented ovigers.