Callipallene longicoxa Stock, 1955

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 : 51-52

Callipallene longicoxa Stock, 1955

Callipallene brevirostris longicoxa Stock, 1955: 223–226 , figs 4–5.

Callipallene belizae Child, 1982a: 363–365 , fig. 164.

Callipallene longicoxa – Stock 1986: 424, tab. 1. — Müller & Krapp 2009: 10–11, 13, 67 (key), 69, 72–74, 137 (list), tab. 1, fig. 38. — Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, fig. 3.

Type material

Callipallene brevirostris longicoxa Stock, 1955 . Holotype: NHMD 110621 (not examined). Type locality: off Calf and Cow, St James Bay, St Thomas (Virgin Islands).

Callipallene belizae Child, 1982 . Holotype: USNM 171035 (not examined). Type locality: Carrie Bow Cay , Belize.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂ carrying larvae; Grande Anse d’Arlets ; 14°29.9ʹ N, 61°05.4ʹ W; depth 28 m; 7 Sep. 2016; st. AB157; MNHN-IU-2016-841/ MK411155 • 1 ♂, 1 ♂ ov., 2 ♀♀, 2 juvs; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1277 .

Remarks

This is the first record of this species in Martinique. All specimens were found at the same station near Grande Anse d’Arlets. Comparatively to other specimens, collected between 10 and 30 meters, the single specimen collected by Stock (1986) was found strikingly deep into the Strait of Florida (512– 549 m).

Distribution

Caribbean and Strait of Florida.

Depth range

10– 512 m.