Publication Date:
2015-06-03
Description:
Seventy-six species of Pycnogonida, and some unidentifiable forms, belonging to 25 genera in all 8 families, of which 13 species are new to science, are recorded from the Indo-West Pacific region. New species are described in the genera Ascorhynchus, Ammothella, Achelia, Pantopipetta, Nymphon, Callipallene, Phoxichilidium, Anoplodactyhis, and Pycnogonum. A phylogenetic hierarchy of the families of extant Pycnogonida is presented.
Keywords:
Pycnogonida
;
Indo-West Pacific
;
new species
;
phylogeny
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
Article / Letter to the editor
Format:
application/pdf
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