Pseudopallene watsonae Staples, 2005

Staples, David A., 2007, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia, with description of two new species., Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64, pp. 95-101 : 99

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.9
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scientific name	Pseudopallene watsonae Staples, 2005
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Pseudopallene watsonae Staples, 2005 View in CoL

Staples 2005: 160–164, fig. 2A–I. Western Australia, King George Sound , N of False Bay, on red algae, bryozoa from rock face, 27 m, SCUBA , G. C. B. Poore and H. M. Lew Ton, 15 Apr 1984 (Stn SWA 57) NMV J45348 View Materials (1 female) .

Type locality. Althorpe I., South Australia .

Distribution. King George Sound, Western Australia; Althorpe I., South Australia; Port Phillip Bay, Victoria.

Remarks. The shape of the chelifore fingers is the most recognizable character separating this species from its congeners. Specimens are uniformly yellow in life. This is a much smaller and finer species than the similarly coloured P. ambigua .