Endeis spinosa (Montagu, 1808)

Lehmann, Tobias, Hess, Martin & Melzer, Roland R., 2014, Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea, Zoosystematics and Evolution 90 (2), pp. 163-224 : 166

Taxon classification Animalia Pantopoda Endeidae

Endeis spinosa (Montagu, 1808) Figures 38, 41, 42, 43, 44

Chilophoxus spinosus Montagu

Endeis gracilis Philippi, 1843

Endeis laevis (Grube, 1871)

Endeis vulgaris (Dohrn, 1881)

Phallangium spinosum Montagu, 1808

Phoxichilus vulgaris Dohrn, 1881

Material.

ZSMA20071498: female; Rovinj, Croatia; 04.2004. ZSMA20071499: male; Rovinj, Croatia; 05.05.2007; 0-2 m; Corallina elongata J.Ellis & Solander, 1786.

Remarks.

According to Dohrn (1881) and Bamber (2010) each lateral process and coxa 1 is armed with one protuberance. Here, in the males the lateral process 1 and the coxa 1 of the first leg has two protuberances (Fig. 42D, F), the remaining legs correspond with previous observations (e.g. Fig. 42E, G). The females are without such protuberances (Fig. 44C, D).