Anoplodactylus turbidus Stock, 1975

Child, C. Allan, 2002, Some Pycnogonida from the Eastern (Hasa) District of Saudi Arabia, Journal of Natural History 36 (15), pp. 1805-1821 : 1816

Anoplodactylus turbidus Stock, 1975

Anoplodactylus trispinosus Stock, 1964: 31 , gures 5–7 [Red Sea specimen only]. Anoplodactylu s turbidus Stock, 1975a: 1076, 1079 –1080, gure 56b–g.

Anoplodactylus cf. turbidus Stock, 1975b: 133 .

Material examined. Saudi Arabia: Miscellaneous station : Sta. Child 218, reef ledge S of Manifa boat inlet, wash of rock rubble in 1.3–2.1 m, 27ss30¾ 35 ² N, 49ss00¾ 15 ² E, 40 ppt salinity, 14 September 1982 (one) .

Distribution. The shallows of the western Indian Ocean and Red Sea contain the few collecting localities known for this species; at Ethiopia, Tanzania and Madagascar. It is new to the Gulf as are all other species except for Callipallene pectinata (Calman) listed from new material in this report.

Remarks. It should be noted that this species was not found at the many repeatedly collected shallow sites of this multi-year sampling programme, although many collections were made during the NABS programme at nearby Manifa sites. Rock rubble habitats apparently were not otherwise sampled for microfauna during the programme.