Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973b

Staples, David A., 2007, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia, with description of two new species., Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64, pp. 95-101 : 95

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.9
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scientific name	Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973b
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Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973b View in CoL

Achelia shepherdi, Stock, 1973b: 92–95 View in CoL , figs 1–2— Staples, 1997:

1056; fig. 21.7e — Child, 1975: 22–24, fig. 10.

Material examined. S of Eucla, South Australia, Great Australian Bight , (31°50'E, 129°0'S), stn GAB 007, semi-epibenthic sled, 42 m, P. E. Bock and S. J. Hageman, 15 Jul 1995 SAM E3676 View Materials (1 male) .

Type locality. Bruny I., Tasmania .

Distribution. Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and east coast of Australia at depths to 50 m.

Remarks. This species is readily distinguished from its Australian congeners by the serrated appearance of the distal palp and possession of a bulbous proboscis.