Anoplodactylus brasiliensis Hedgpeth, 1948

Lucena, Rudá Amorim & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2018, Anoplodactylus (Pycnogonida: Phoxichilidiidae) from Brazil, new records and two new species, Turkish Journal of Zoology 42 (4), pp. 372-388 : 375-376

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3906/zoo-1712-1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11127828
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scientific name	Anoplodactylus brasiliensis Hedgpeth, 1948
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Anoplodactylus brasiliensis Hedgpeth, 1948 View in CoL

Anoplodactylus pygmaeus Marcus, 1940: 63–65 View in CoL , Pl. VI figure 6a–d.

Diagnosis: Trunk small, completely fused. Lateral processes separated by a distance smaller than their diameter. Ocular tubercle wide and rounded. Scape very short and wide, less than twice as long as chela. Chelae with strong spines. Legs with many setae. Coxa 2 with a dorsal tubercle. Femur and tibias with a long distal seta. Tube of cement gland long and narrow. Propodus curved, heel with 2 spines. Sole with 2–6 median spines and a cutting lamina occupying one-third to half of the sole. Main claw little more than half length of propodus. Auxiliary hooks very small or absent (modified from Marcus, 1940).

Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo), USA ( Georgia) ( Marcus, 1940; du Bois-Reymond Marcus and Marcus, 1967).

Depth: Infralittoral.