Ascorhynchus latipes ( Cole, 1906 )

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 : 41

Ascorhynchus latipes ( Cole, 1906)

Barana latipes Cole, 1906: 217–222 , pls 1–2.

Ascorhynchus latipes – Marcus 1940: 93. — Hedgpeth 1948: 256–257, fig. 42b; 1954: 427. — Fage 1952: 530. — Stock 1953a: 304 (key); 1954a: 116; 1975a: 969; 1979: 3; 1986: tab. 1. — Birkeland et al. 1976: 133. — Child 1979: 15 (key), 16; 1982a: 359; 1992b: 9 (key), 21, tab. 3, fig. 7; 2009: 818 (list). — Müller & Krapp 2009: 11–13 , 55 (key), 59–61, 130, 133, 137 (list), tabs 1, 3, fig. 29. — Sabroux et al. 2019b: 1531, tab. 1, fig. 3. — León-Espinosa et al. 2021: tab. 1. — Ramírez-Tello et al. 2022: tab. 1.

Ascorhynchus cf. latipes – Krapp & Viquez 2011: 204, tab. 1.

Type material

Holotype: MCZ CRU-6947 (not examined). Type locality: Sweeting’s Village , Great Abaco, Bahamas.

Material examined

MARTINIQUE • 1 ♀; Passe du Marin; 14°27ʹ N, 60°53.8ʹ W; depth 4–8 m; 9 Sep. 2016; st. AS 112; MNHN-IU-2016-816/ MK411137 • 1 ♂; Schoelcher; 14°37.7ʹ N, 61°07.2ʹ W; depth 4 m; 27 Sep. 2016; st. AB460; MNHN-IU-2016-861/ MK411173 • 1 ♀; Pointe Baham; 14°25ʹ N, 60°50.4ʹ W; depth 0–2 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AM021; MNHN-IU-2016-862/ MK411174 • 1 ♂ ov.; Schoelcher; 14°37.7ʹ N, 61°07.2ʹ W; depth 4–9 m; 27 Sep. 2016; st. AR461; MNHN-IU-2016-871/ MK411182 .

Remarks

This is the first record of this species in Martinique, where it was collected mostly on the Caribbean and southern coasts, although one specimen was found in Pointe Baham (southern Atlantic coast).

Distribution

Tropical, amphi-Atlantic (Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Senegal).

Depth range

0– 19 m.