Anoplodactylus sp. 7

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 : 103

Anoplodactylus sp. 7

Fig. 26

ANOPLODACTYLUS SP. 7 – Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, fig. 3.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂; Basse Pointe ; 14°53.1ʹ N, 61°06.9ʹ W; depth 35 m; 10 Oct. 2016; st. AD626; MNHN-IU-2016-1163/ MK411067 .

Remarks

This specimen differs from other species of Anoplodactylus by the combination of the following characters: lateral processes separated by about their own diameter or more, less than twice their own diameter, and with one low dorsomedian tubercle; chela fingers simple; propodal lamina about half of propodal length; cement gland tube as a medium dorsomedian spur slightly anterior to half length of femur; propodal auxillary claw present, minute. The single available specimen was collected in northern Martinique. It is damaged, with the ocular tubercle missing. It may be related to Anoplodactylus stictus Marcus, 1940 , which it resembles in the characters above and in showing a constriction at the base of the 3 rd article oviger ( Lucena & Christoffersen 2018b), but several other characters show differences with the original description ( Marcus 1940), including the position of the cement gland tubes and the more elongated lateral processes, post-ocular neck and oviger articles.

Depth range

35 m.

Figures

Fig. 26. Anoplodactylus sp. 7, ♂, MNHN-IU-2016-1163. A. Body, dorsal view. B. Proboscis in ventral view (same scale as A). C. Oviger. D. Oviger terminal articles. E. Fourth leg. F. Tarsus and propodus of fourth leg. G. Propodal sole lamina. H. Chela.