Anoplodactylus batangensis ( Helfer, 1938 )

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 : 78-79

Anoplodactylus batangensis ( Helfer, 1938)

Pycnosoma batangense Helfer, 1938: 174–176 , fig. 6a–c.

Anoplodactylus intermedius Hilton, 1942c: 44–45 , fig. 2.

Anoplodactylus stylirostris Hedgpeth, 1948: 232–234 , fig. 33.

Anoplodactylus tenuirostris Lebour, 1949: 929–930 , fig. 1.

Pycnosoma batangense – Marcus 1940: 47–48.

Anoplodactylus batangense – Stock 1953b: 39–41, fig. 4a–e; 1954a: 127–128. — Bourdillon 1955: 595–598, pl. 2 figs 4–8. — Birkeland et al. 1976: 133. — Dunlop et al. 2007: 49, fig. 7.

Anoplodactylus batangensis — Stock 1968a: 54; 1974: 17; 1975a: 1082–1083, fig. 43c–d; 1976: 133; 1979: 27; 1989: 95; 1994: 19 (list), 54. — Arnaud 1973a: 957, figs 3–4. — Child 1975: 191; 1977a: 444; 1979: 50; 1982a: 368; 1988a: 14; 1990: 311–335; 1992b: 39 (key), 41–42, tab. 5, fig. 18; 1998b: 293; 2004: 155; 2009: 819 (list). — Müller 1990a: 283–284; 1992a: 47. — Bamber 2000: 613; 2004: 16 , 23, tab. 2; 2007: 257 (list). — Arango 2002: 115, tab. 1, figs 2–4 (phylogeny). — Arango 2003b: 2746 (key), 2747–2748, 2765, tab. 2. — Arango & Wheeler 2007: appendix 1, tab. 3, figs 1–4 (phylogeny), fig. 8 (phylogeny). — Müller & Krapp 2009: 10–13 , 85 (key), 88–90, fig. 47, 129–131, 137 (list), tabs 1–3. — Arabi et al. 2010: tab. 2, figs 1–3 (phylogeny). — Krapp & Viquez 2011: tab. 1. — Lucena et al. 2015: 430–432 , figs 1–5; 2019: tab. 1. — Lucena & Christoffersen 2016: 2, 6; 2018a: 103, 111; 2018b: 374 (key), 375–376. — Sabroux et al. 2017: 6, appendices 1–2, figs 3–5 (phylogeny); 2019b: 1525, 1531, tab. 1, figs 3, 5. — León-Espinosa et al. 2021: 153, tab. 1. — Ramírez-Tello et al. 2022: 152, 161, tab. 1.

Anoplodactylus stylirostris – Lalana & Ortiz 1994: 208, tab. 1. — Child 2009: 820 (list).

Type material

Pycnosoma batangense Helfer, 1938 . Holotype: ZMB _Pyc_285 (not examined). Type locality: Grand Batanga, Cameroun, Gulf of Guinea.

Anoplodactylus intermedius Hilton, 1942 . Type (s): unknown. Type locality: Hawaiian Islands.

Anoplodactylus stylirostris Hedgpeth, 1948 . Holotype: USNM 81094 (not examined). Type locality: off southeast Loggerhead Key , Tortugas, Florida.

Anoplodactylus tenuirostris Lebour, 1949 . Type (s): unknown. Type locality: Bermuda, the Reach.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂; Le Vauclin ; 14°32.7ʹ N, 60°49.8ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AD229; MNHN- IU-2016-799/ MK411122 • 1 ♂ ov.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-896 • 1 ♂; E of Le Robert ; 14°40.1ʹ N, 60°51.1ʹ W; depth 14 m; 18 Sep. 2016; st. AB191; MNHN-IU-2016-800/ MK411123 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1144 • 1 ♀; Ste-Luce ; 14°27.3ʹ N, 60°55.5ʹ W; depth 15 m; 10 Sep. 2016; st. AB062; MNHN-IU-2016-801/ MK411124 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-566 • 1 ♀ gr.; Pointe Michel ; 14°26.4ʹ N, 60°49.3ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AB120; MNHN-IU-2016-892 • 1 ♀ gr.; Baie de Fort-deFrance; 14°32.6ʹ N, 61°04.7ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 6 Sep. 2016; st. AM002; MNHN-IU-2016-893 • 3 ♀♀; Pointe du Vauclin ; 14°33.6ʹ N, 60°49.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AD230; MNHN-IU-2016-894 • 1 ♀; Anse d’Arlet ; 14°29.4ʹ N, 61°05ʹ W; depth 12 m; 6 Sep. 2016; st. AD203; MNHN-IU-2016-895 • 1 ♂ ov.; Pointe Baham ; 14°24.7ʹ N, 60°50.1ʹ W; depth 2 m; 11 Sep. 2016; st. AB117; MNHN- IU-2016-572 • 1 ♂ ov.; Rocher du Diamant ; 14°26.7ʹ N, 61°02.3ʹ W; depth 4–10 m; 14 Sep. 2016; st. AB123; MNHN-IU-2016-1068 • 1 juv.; Grande Anse du Diamant ; 14°28ʹ N, 61°00.1ʹ W; depth 12 m; 26 Sep. 2016; st. AB360; MNHN-IU-2016-1081 • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♂ ov., 2 ♀♀, 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1215 • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1236 • 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1403 • 1 ♂ ov.; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°47.5ʹ N, 60°57.4ʹ W; depth 14 m; 4 Oct. 2016; st. AB562; MNHN- IU-2016-1088 • 1 preadult ♀; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°45.4ʹ N, 60°58ʹ W; depth 0–2 m; 22 Sep. 2016; st. AM027; MNHN-IU-2016-1097 • 1 ♀ gr.; Baie de Sans-Souci ; 14°34.7ʹ N, 60°50.7ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 9 Oct. 2016; st. AM325; MNHN-IU-2016-1099 • 1 ♂; NE Pointe Jacob ; 14°36.1ʹ N, 60°49ʹ W; depth 23 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AB185; MNHN-IU-2016-1101 • 1 ♀; Grande Anse du Diamant ; 14°28ʹ N, 61°02.8ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 27 Sep. 2016; st. AM033; MNHN-IU-2016-1110 • 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Anse Couleuvre ; 14°50.4ʹ N, 61°13.4ʹ W; depth 7 m; 1 Oct. 2016; st. AB463; MNHN-IU-2016-1122 • 1 ♂; Trois Rivières ; 14°27.8ʹ N, 60°57.9ʹ W; depth 3–4 m; 25 Sep. 2016; st. AB356; MNHN-IU-2016-1164 • 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1269 • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Trois Rivières ; 14°27.7ʹ N, 60°57.8ʹ W; depth 4–5 m; 25 Sep. 2016; st. AB354; MNHN-IU-2016-1171 • 1 ♀ gr.; Le Vauclin ; 14°32ʹ N, 60°49ʹ W; depth 1 m; 16 Sep. 2016; st. AB130; MNHN-IU-2016-1188 • 1 ♀ gr.; Îlet La Perle ; 14°50.5ʹ N, 61°13.7ʹ W; depth 23 m; 1 Oct. 2016; st. AS 375; MNHN-IU-2016-1206 • 1 ♀; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°47.3ʹ N, 60°57.4ʹ W; depth 19 m; 21 Sep. 2016; st. AB301; MNHN-IU-2016-1228 • 4 ♂♂, 4 ♂♂ ov., 3 ♀♀; Le François ; 14°37ʹ N, 60°49.5ʹ W; depth 1 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AB134; MNHN- IU-2016-1232 • 1 ♀ gr.; Anse Céron ; 14°50.1ʹ N, 61°13.4ʹ W; depth 0–2 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AM039; MNHN-IU-2016-1240 • 1 ♀; Anse des Galets ; 14°51.4ʹ N, 61°12.8ʹ W; depth 10 m; 7 Oct. 2016; st. AB567; MNHN-IU-2016-1245 • 1 ♂ ov., 1 ♀ gr.; Baie du Robert ; 14°40.2ʹ N, 60°52.5ʹ W; depth 11 m; 24 Sep. 2016; st. AS 403; MNHN-IU-2016-1267 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀ gr.; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°44.5ʹ N, 60°53.5ʹ W; depth 5–12 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AD241; MNHN-IU-2016-1291 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2017-3915 • 1 ♀ gr.; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle ; 14°45.5ʹ N, 60°52.8ʹ W; depth 2 m; 22 Sep. 2016; st. AB149; MNHN-IU-2017-2558 .

Remarks

This species, characterized by its slender, tapering proboscis, is widely distributed, particularly common in the Western Atlantic and one of the most abundant of the present study. Already reported from Martinique, from Petite Anse du Diamant ( Bourdillon 1955) and Ilet Cabrits, Cap Chevalier, Petite Anse Macabou and Baie de Tartane ( Müller 1990a), this species was collected on both the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts, although none were found along the coast between Saint-Pierre and Fort-de-France where the slope is the steepest.

Distribution

Circumtropical species: Tropical West Atlantic (South Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Brazil), Gulf of Guinea, Indo-Pacific ( Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Eastern Australia, New Caledonia, Tonga, Hawaii), East Pacific ( Costa Rica and Panama).

Depth range

0– 40 m.