Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)

Lehmann, Tobias, Hess, Martin & Melzer, Roland R., 2014, Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea, Zoosystematics and Evolution 90 (2), pp. 163-224 : 165

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7520

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scientific name

Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Pantopoda Callipallenidae

Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881) View in CoL Figures 26, 30, 31, 32, 33

Callipallene phantoma crinita Stock, 1952

Callipallene phantoma phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)

Pallene phantoma Dohrn, 1881

Material.

ZSMA20071489: female; Brucoli, Sicily, Italy; 14.09.1988. ZSMA20071490: female; Banyuls-sur-mer, France; 07.2004. ZSMA20071491: female; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071492: male; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071493: male; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071494: male; Rovinj, Croatia; 05.07.2005.

Remarks.

Dohrn (1881) describes the auxiliary claws as half as long as the claw. According to Stock (1952) the length of auxiliary claws can vary between specimens. Here all 6 specimens from 4 different locations have more or less rudimentary auxiliary claws (Fig. 31F; Fig. 33F, G).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Pycnogonida

Order

Pantopoda

SubOrder

Eupantopodida

SuperFamily

Pycnogonoidea

Family

Callipallenidae

Genus

Callipallene