Pallenopsis meinerti Schimkewitsch, 1930

Scarabino, Fabrizio, Lucena, Rudá Amorim, Munilla, Tomás, Soler-Membrives, Anna, Ortega, Leonardo, Schwindt, Evangelina, López, Guzmán, María, José & Christoffersen, Martin Lidsey, 2019, Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from Uruguayan waters (Southwest Atlantic): annotated checklist and biogeographic considerations, Zootaxa 4550 (2), pp. 185-200 : 192

Pallenopsis meinerti Schimkewitsch, 1930

Distribution: Magellanic Strait?; off La plata river ( Uruguay); Northeast Brazil (Bahia to Pernambuco) ( Stock 1975; Child 1982).

Uruguayan records: Child (1982): RV Atlantis II, cruise 60, sts 236 and 237. Depth 497–1011 m.

Remarks: Pallenopsis meinerti is a somewhat enigmatic species. Based on additional material, Stock (1975) was the first to review this species and he detailed problems with the origin of the type material. This "species" deserves much additional research. As currently understood ( Stock 1975; Child 1982), P. meinerti occurs in upper slope depths (specifically 370–1101 m) and has been reported only from northeast Brazil (ca. 8–9°S) and off the La Plata River (ca. 36°30´S), a somewhat anomalous geographic distribution for an upper slope species.