Pallenopsis (Pallenopsis) angusta Stock, 1991

Bamber, Roger N., 2004, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French Cruises to Melanesia, Zootaxa 551, pp. 1-27 : 14-15

Pallenopsis (Pallenopsis) angusta Stock, 1991

Stock, 1991, 195–197, figs 47–48.

Material: New Caledonia: 1 female (MNHN­Py 1004), Alis Norfolk 1. 1 male (MNHN­Py 1006), station CP08, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne BERYX 11, 24º54'S 168º21'E, 540–570 m; 15/ 10/1992, coll B. Richer ORSTIM. 1 female (MNHN­Py 1011), station CP847, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne BATHUS 3, 23º03'S 166º58'E, 405–411 m; 01/12/1993, coll. Bouchet, Richer, Warén. 1 male (MNHN­Py 1013), station DW1652, Ride de Norfolk, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º26.1'S 167º50.3'E, 290–378 m; 19/ 06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 male (MNHN­Py 1020), station CP1714, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Antigonia, 23º22'S 168º03'E, 257–269 m; 26/6/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 male (MNHN­ Py 1021), station CP1715, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Antigonia, 23º22'S 168º02'E, 270–312 m; 26/6/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­ IRD. 1 male, 1 female (NHM.2003.638–639), station CP1716, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Antigonia, 23º22'S 168º03'E, 266–276 m; 26/6/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 male (MNHN­Py 1022), station CP1721, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Antigonia, 23º19'S 168º01'E, 416–443 m; 26/6/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 male with eggs (MNHN­Py 1024), station DW1729, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc P, 23º20'S 168º16'E, 340–619 m; 27/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 female (MNHN­Py 1025), station DW1737, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1, 22º52'S 167º12'E, 343–400 m; 28/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 male (MNHN­Py 1026), station DW1738, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1, 22º51'S 167º10'E, 340–381 m; 28/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD.

Solomon Islands: 1 male with eggs (MNHN­Py 1046), station CP1854, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne SALOMON 1, 09º46.4'S 160º52.9'E, 229–260 m; 07/10/2001, coll. Bouchet, Dayat, Warén, Richer­IRD.

Remarks: Apparently the commonest Pallenopsis species of this region, recorded in a large number of samples from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands ( Stock 1991a; 1997) and from Indonesia (Stock 1994), from depths between 150 and 570 m. The present collections extend its known depth range minimally, to 619 m.