Pycnogonida of the Southeast Pacific Biological Oceanographic Project (SEPBOP)

Child, C. Allan. Pycnogonida of the Southeast Pacific Biological Oceanographic Project (SEPBOP). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 526, 43 pages, 16 figures, 1992.—Pycnogonida from the SEPBOP Expeditions and additional unreported specimens from other collections are described. They contain 30 described species, with an additional 10 newly described and 4 undescribed for lack of suitable specimens. The newly described species are Ammothea insularis, Ascorhynchus comatum, A. paxillum, Prototrygaeus contrarius, Tanystylum cinctum, Pallenopsis (P.) notiosa, P. (P.) truncatula, Nymphon similis, Anoplodactylus bruuni, and A. vulcanus. Five additional known species are re figured or figured for the first time to clarify their validity and they are redescribed where necessary. These species are Ammothea dorsiplicata (Hilton), Ammothella heterosetosa Hilton, Eurycyde longiselosa Hilton, E. spinosa Hilton, Pycnolhea selkirki Loman, and Rhynchothorax barnardi Child and Hedgpeth. Previous literature on South American Pacific pycnogonids is reviewed and the zoogeography of each species is discussed. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is recorded in the Institution’s annual report, Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN: The coral Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Child, C. Allan Pycnogonida of the Southeast Pacific Biological Oceanographic Project (SEPBOP) / C. Allan Child, p. cm. (Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 526) Supt of Docs, no.: SI 1.27:526 1. Pycnogonida-Pacific Coast (South America) 2. Pycnogonida-South Pacific Ocean. 3. Pycnogonida-Catalogs and collections. I. Title. II. Title: Southeast Pacific Biological Oceanographic Project (SEPBOP) III. Series. QL1.S54 no. 526 [QL447] 591 s-dc20 [595.3’94091648] 91-40763 © The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48—1984.