Hedgpethia dampieri ( Child, 1975 )

Staples, David A., 2007, A new species of Colossendeis (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae) together with records from Australian and New Zealand waters, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64, pp. 79-94 : 92

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.8

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D928B222-4E2C-FFEE-89C9-9353FAAAFC4B

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scientific name

Hedgpethia dampieri ( Child, 1975 )
status

 

Hedgpethia dampieri ( Child, 1975) View in CoL .

Figure 4A–D View Figure 4

Rhopalorhynchus dampieri View in CoL .— Child, 1975: 8–10, fig. a–h Hedgpethia dampieri Turpaeva, 1973: 185 View in CoL

Material examined. South Australia. Great Australian Bight, 31°50.05'S, 130°45.0'E, 55 m, RV Southern Surveyor CSIRO, 13 May 2000, ( SS01 /00 stn 378), NMV J48903 About NMV (1 specimen). Holotype: Western Australia. W of Lancelin I., beam trawl, with bryozoans, 113–122 m, 5 Feb 1964, CSIRO stn 46, WAM 70–3953 About WAM (1 male). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: Western Australia. W of Mandurah , 110 m, 23 Nov 1970, R. V . Diamantina , stn. 4. USNM 149237 About USNM , WAM 71–1789 About WAM (1 female) . SW of Jurien Bay , 110 m, 9 Dec 1970, R. V . Diamantina , stn 108, WAM 71–1791 About WAM (1 female) .

Diagnosis. A slender species with leg span to about 40 mm. Lateral processes 1, 2 and 3 separated by about twice basal diameter. Ocular tubercle short, eyes bulging. Proboscis slightly down-curved with short basal part, followed by a similarly short inflated part that narrows to a longer, tapered distal part, rounded at the tip. Abdomen almost hidden in dorsal view. Small genital pores present ventrally on 2nd coxa of legs 2–4.

Distribution. S and SW Australia. 110–122 m depth.

Type locality. W of Lancelin I. Western Australia .

Remarks. This specimen is in good agreement with Child’s (1975) description. Re-examination of the type material enables a few additional comments. Small genital pores are present on coxa 2 of the female paratypes but are not evident on the smaller holotype which Child determined to be a male. The ventrally placed abdomen is articulated at its base. Segment 10 of the dissected holotype oviger appears to be lost and segments 5–10 of the remaining oviger are missing. The terminal oviger claw of the South Australian specimen is smooth, with a fine, broad knife edge (fig. 4C) and lacks the two tiny teeth of the holotype.

RV

Collection of Leptospira Strains

CSIRO

Australian National Fish Collection

NMV

Museum Victoria

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Pycnogonida

Order

Pantopoda

Family

Colossendeidae

Genus

Hedgpethia

Loc

Hedgpethia dampieri ( Child, 1975 )

Staples, David A. 2007
2007
Loc

Rhopalorhynchus dampieri

Child, C. A. 1975: 8
Turpaeva, E. P. 1973: 185
1975
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