Callipallene brevirostris ( Johnston, 1837 )

Sabroux, Romain, Hassanin, Alexandre & Corbari, Laure, 2022, Sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) collected during the Madibenthos Expedition from Martinique shallow waters, European Journal of Taxonomy 851 (1), pp. 1-141 : 49-51

Callipallene brevirostris ( Johnston, 1837)

Pallene brevirostris Johnston, 1837: 380 , pl. 12 figs 7–8.

Pallene empusa Wilson, 1878: 9 , pl. 3 fig. 2a–g.

Pallene brevirostris – Milne Edwards 1840: 534–535. — Gosse 1855: 120, fig. 192. — Grube 1869: 118–119, 125, pl. 1 fig. 5a–c. — Hoek 1877: 237–240, pl. 15 figs 4–7, pl. 16 figs 14, 21–22; 1881a: 511–512, pl. 26 fig. 17, pl. 29 fig. 36. — Hansen 1884a: 649; 1884b: pl. 7 fig. 20. — Halhed 1886: 230. — Sars 1888: 340; 1891: 32. — Topsent 1889: 62. — Morgan 1891: 8–22. — Möbius 1893: 86; 1901: 50. — Cole 1901: 195–207. — D’Arcy Thompson 1901: 54; 1909: 541–542, figs 275a, 285 (pro parte). — Hallez 1905: 50. — Norman 1908: 204–205 (pro parte). — Schimkewitsch 1909: 430; 1930: 245–253, figs 58–59 (pro parte). — Tesch 1910: 51, 55. — Loman 1912: 8 (pro parte); 1928: 79–80, fig. 7. — Sumner et al. 1913: 677. — Wirén 1918: 42. — Bouvier 1923a: 34–36, fig. 28; 1923b: 119 (pro parte). — Fish 1925: 161. — Meisenheimer 1925: 2, 5; 1927: 14. — Giltay 1928: 211–213, fig. 8. — Schlottke 1932: 1–10. — Stephensen 1933: 33–35, fig. 10; 1936a: 24; 1936b: 34–36, fig. 7. — Helfer 1936: 2 (map). — Faraggiana 1940: 2–4 (pro parte). — Lebour 1945: 144.

Pallene sp. – Verrill 1873: 415.

Pallene empusa – Wilson 1880: 476–477, pl. 2 fig. 5–7. — Rathbun 1881: 118.

Callipallene brevirostris – Corrêa 1948: 6. — Hedgpeth 1948: 202–203, fig. 4. — Stock 1949: 3, fig. 4; 1954a: 115; 1954b: 43–44, fig. 18; 1979: 14; 1986: 403, 424, tab. 1; 1987: 512–513. — Bourdillon 1955: 589. — Băcescu 1959: 127. — King 1972: 621–622; 1974: 59 (key), 60–61, fig. 27. — Arnaud 1976: 70. — Wolff 1976: 476–477, fig. 4b (distribution). — Chimenz Gusso et al. 1978: 94–95, fig. 2. — Child 1982b: 26; 1992b: 59 (key), 60–61, fig. 27; 1996a: 529; 2009: 819 (list). — Munilla 1993: tab. 4. — Piscitelli & Barone 2000: tab. 1. — Arango 2002: 120, tab. 1, figs 2–4 (phylogeny). — Chimenz Gusso & Lattanzi 2003: 257, tab. 1. — Arango & Wheeler 2007: appendix 1, tab. 3, figs 1–4 (phylogeny), 8 (phylogeny). — Cano-Sánchez & López-González 2007: tabs 1–2. — Dunlop et al. 2007: 70. — Nakamura et al. 2007: tab. 1, fig. 1 (phylogeny). — Montoya Bravo et al. 2009: 32 , fig. 18. — Müller & Krapp 2009: 11 , 67 (key), 67–69, 72, 137 (list), tabs 1–2, 4, figs 34–35. — Bamber 2010: 16 (list), 149 (key), 154, fig. 193. — Bartolino & Chimenz 2010: 396 (list). — Brenneis et al. 2011a: 321; 2017: 16, tab. 1. — Gul & Ghani 2012: 203, 206, fig. 5. — Esquete et al. 2013: 30, tab. 1. — Bakir et al. 2014: tab. 1. — Brenneis & Scholtz 2014: 13, 18. — Munilla & Soler-Membrives 2014: 159 (key), 160–162, figs 85–86. — Koçak 2015: 194, tab. 1; 2019: 49 (list). — Soler-Membrives & Munilla 2015: tab. 2. — Sabroux et al. 2017: appendices 1–2, figs 3–5 (phylogeny); 2019b: 1531, tab. 1, fig. 3. — Lehmann et al. 2021: 36, fig. 1. — León-Espinosa et al. 2021: tab. 1. — Ramírez-Tello et al. 2022: tab. 1.

Callipallene brevirostris brevirostris – Stock 1970a: 9.

Callipallene brevirostrum – Stock 1975a: 1010.

Callipallene brevirostris ? – Child 2004: 151.

nec? Phoxichilus spinosus Montagu, 1808 – Quatrefages 1845: 41, pl. 1 fig. 2a, pl. 2 fig. 1.

Type material

Pallene brevirostris Johnston, 1837 . Type(s): unknown. Type locality: Berwickshire, southeast Scotland .

Pallene empusa Wilson, 1878 . Syntypes: USNM 37777 (not examined). Type locality: Vineyard Sound or Long Island Sound, or Noank (Connecticut, USA).

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂; Ste-Luce ; 14°27.3ʹ N, 60°55.5ʹ W; depth 15 m; 10 Sep. 2016; st. AB062; MNHN- IU-2016-842/ MK411156 • 1 ♀; Pointe du Vauclin ; 14°33.6ʹ N, 60°49.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AD230; MNHN-IU-2016-843/ MK411157 • 1 ♂ ov.; Baie du Robert ; 14°42ʹ N, 60°53.8ʹ W; depth 2 m; 24 Sep. 2016; st. AB452; MNHN-IU-2016-869/ MK411180 • 1 ♂ carrying larvae; Rocher du Diamant ; 14°26.7ʹ N, 61°02.3ʹ W; depth 4–10 m; 14 Sep. 2016; st. AB123; MNHN-IU-2016-1294 • 1 ind. (sex indet.); Pointe du Diamant ; 14°27.5ʹ N, 61°02.9ʹ W; depth 3 m; 15 Sep. 2016; st. AB126; MNHN- IU-2016-1312 .

Remarks

This very common species is recorded for the first time in Martinique, though in low numbers (five specimens). The species was found on both the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts.

Distribution

Widespread in both sides of the Atlantic: North Sea ( Norway, Denmark, Scotland, England and the Netherlands), West Scotland, Irish Sea, West Ireland, Scilly Islands, English Channel, Gulf of Biscay, Portugal, Mediterranean, Black Sea, Bay of Fundy, Massachusetts, Virginia, West Florida, Caribbean, French Guiana). Also recorded from Pakistan, Thailand and Indonesia.

Depth range

0– 316 m.