Seguapallene micronesica Child 1983

• Main Author: Arango, Claudia P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2003
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Pycnogonida; Pantopoda; Callipallenidae; Seguapallene; Seguapallene micronesica; Antarctic; Pacific; Lizard Island; Willis; Diaz; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5460407; https://zenodo.org/record/5460407

Seguapallene cf. micronesica Child, 1983 Seguapallene micronesica Child, 1983: 709–711, figure 4; 1991: 145. Material examined. Chilcott Island, 1 m, in Halimeda sp., Amphiroa sp. and rubble washings, 10–15 m, 14 September 1998, one X Willis Reef, 15–16 m, two juveniles (coll. Diaz-Pulido). Description. The material collected was not in good condition and it only allowed comparison with the Indo-west Pacific species Seguapallene micronesica . The specimens all have separated crurigers and a short main propodal claw, and the triangle-shaped teeth of the chelae, different from the sister species described from Lizard Island, S. crassa Child (1990: 321). The two juveniles show the same characteristics as the female. Distribution. Seguapallene micronesica was described from the intertidal at Palau Islands, followed by a record from Guam (Child, 1991) that expanded its Pacific distribution to the north-east. This record suggests a wider distribution confined to littoral habitats of the tropical Pacific. Remarks. This is a rare genus of six recognized species, one known from the sub-Antarctic, the others collected in Indo-Pacific localities (Child, 1991). The species is characterized by a long denticulate terminal claw and large and robust chelifores. : Published as part of Arango, Claudia P., 2003, Sea spiders (Pycnogonida, Arthropoda) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: new species, new records and ecological annotations, pp. 2723-2772 in Journal of Natural History 37 (22) on page 2746, DOI: 10.1080/00222930210158771