Stylopallene Clark 1963

Arango, Claudia P. & Brenneis, Georg, 2013, New species of Australian Pseudopallene (Pycnogonida: Callipallenidae) based on live colouration, morphology and DNA, Zootaxa 3616 (5), pp. 401-436 : 430

Stylopallene Clark 1963

Stylopallene cheilorhynchus Clark, 1963 Fig. 2 I

Material examined ( S92304 ): 2 males, 4 females (Tas11-6), Waterfall Bay, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania , Jan-25 2007, 20 m depth, on Amathia wilsoni .

Remarks: A common species in southern Australia. Our Eaglehawk Neck material agrees with the original description in Clark (1963) based on specimens from the nearby Port Arthur. It also agrees with descriptions in subsequent studies (Staples 2005; Bamber 2005; Bamber & Takahashi 2005).

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FIGURE 2. Live colouration of some of the species of Pseudopallene and Stylopallene included in the study. A, fresh live bryozoans Orthoscuticella spp. with many Pseudopallene specimens; B, P. constricta sp. nov., male in ventral view with egg masses attached to the ovigers; C, P. ‘ variabilis’ - complex, frontal-ventral view, note black tips of proboscis and chela fingers; D, P. flava sp. nov. in its natural habitat; E, Close-up of P. brevicephala male characterized by uniform orange-red body and legs, bearing orange eggs and transparent post-embryonic stages; F, P. pachycheira attached to bryozoan, showing banding pattern and constrictions of long leg articles; G, P. h a r r i s i sp. nov. in its natural habitat showing red-and-yellow colouration; H, specimen from the P. ‘ variabilis’ - complex with yellow-and-red colouration attached to live bryozoan; I, Stylopallene cheilorhynchus showing characteristic live black-and-creamy-white banding, photograph taken in captivity. All specimens from Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania except 2 G and 2 H collected at Bass point, New South Wales.