Parapallene bermudensis Lebour, 1949

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 : 55

Parapallene bermudensis Lebour, 1949

Parapallene bermudensis Lebour, 1949: 930–932 , figs 2–3.

Parapallene bermudensis – Child 1982a: 366–367, fig. 165; 1996a: 529–530, fig. 1g –h. — Stock 1991a: 193 (key). — Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, fig. 3.

Parapallene bermudensis ? – Child 1992b: 59 (key), 61–62, fig. 28.

Type material

Holotype: NHMUK ZOO-1957.11.6.2 (not examined). Type locality: off Castle Roads , Bermuda.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 juv.; Pointe de la Baleine; 14°31.1ʹ N, 61°05.9ʹ W; depth 24 m; 30 Sep. 2016; st. AR413; MNHN-IU-2016-1221/ MK411083 .

Remarks

Despite the specimen being a juvenile, it can easily be identified as Parapallene bermudensis thanks to the characteristic pectinated spines on tibia 2 and the ventrodistal extremity of the tarsus, and on the propodal sole ( Child 1982a). This is the first record of this species in Martinique, at Pointe Baleine (Caribbean coast).

Distribution

Caribbean ( Belize, Martinique), Bermuda, Gulf of Mexico (off West Florida).

Depth range

16.8– 54 m.