Parapallene haddoni Carpenter 1892

Arango, Claudia P., 2009, New species and new records of sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from deep waters in Western Australia, Zootaxa 1977, pp. 1-20 : 9

Parapallene haddoni Carpenter 1892

Parapallene haddoni . —Carpenter 1892: 553–555, pl. 22, figs. 1–6. — Loman 1908: 44. — Clark 1963:26 –28, 29 [key], fig. 13A–J. — Child 1975: 12. — Stock 1991:194 [key]. — Bamber 2005: 332.

Material: AM P72758, 1 male with larvae attached to ovigers. 22 November 2005, Pt Hillier, Western Australia, CSIRO station 021-029, collected by Sherman sled from 35.3566°S 117.2170°E to 35.3526°S 117.2200°E, soft bottom, 96 m. AM P72801, 1 female. 24 November 2005, Bald Island, CSIRO station 39- 131, collected by Sherman sled from 35.1791°S 118.6230°E to 35.1799°S 118.6210°E, hard bottom, 99 m. AM P73010, 1 male. 5 December 2005, Kalbarri, Western Australia, CSIRO station 102-100, collected by Sherman sled from 27.8134°S 113.3110°E to 27.8183°S 113.3120°E, hard bottom, 98 m.

Remarks: This seems to be a widespread Australian species found from North Queensland through Northern Territory down to Esperance in WA above 140 m depth.