Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)

Lehmann, Tobias, Hess, Martin & Melzer, Roland R., 2014, Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea, Zoosystematics and Evolution 90 (2), pp. 163-224 : 165

Taxon classification Animalia Pantopoda Callipallenidae

Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881) Figures 26, 30, 31, 32, 33

Callipallene phantoma crinita Stock, 1952

Callipallene phantoma phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)

Pallene phantoma Dohrn, 1881

Material.

ZSMA20071489: female; Brucoli, Sicily, Italy; 14.09.1988. ZSMA20071490: female; Banyuls-sur-mer, France; 07.2004. ZSMA20071491: female; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071492: male; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071493: male; Giglio Island, Italy; 11.04.2005; 20 m; red algae. ZSMA20071494: male; Rovinj, Croatia; 05.07.2005.

Remarks.

Dohrn (1881) describes the auxiliary claws as half as long as the claw. According to Stock (1952) the length of auxiliary claws can vary between specimens. Here all 6 specimens from 4 different locations have more or less rudimentary auxiliary claws (Fig. 31F; Fig. 33F, G).