A revision of the callipallenid genus Pseudopallene Wilson, 1878 (Pycnogonida, Callipallenidae)

Analysis of three northern hemisphere Boreal-Arctic species of Pseudopallene has shown that those species are morphologically distinguishable from their congeners in Australian waters. The holotypes of Australian species Pseudopallene laevis, Pseudopallene ambigua and Pseudopallene harrisi are compa...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Author: STAPLES, DAVID A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2014
Subjects:
Meridionale
Cordylochele
Parapallene
Arctic
Sub-Antarctic
southern Australia
Araneae
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3765.4.3
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3765.4.3
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Summary:Analysis of three northern hemisphere Boreal-Arctic species of Pseudopallene has shown that those species are morphologically distinguishable from their congeners in Australian waters. The holotypes of Australian species Pseudopallene laevis, Pseudopallene ambigua and Pseudopallene harrisi are compared with each other and with additional material from southern Australia. Sixteen species of Pseudopallene are assigned to a new genus Meridionale. Meridionale dubia is assigned to species inquirenda. The genus Cordylochele Sars, 1888 is resurrected. A diagnosis of each genus is provided along with additional figures. A brief summary of the systematic position of Pseudopallene up to the present time is provided. Three species are temporarily assigned to species incertae sedis pending further review.

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