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Checklist for Class Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810 (Pycnogonids)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Pycnogonida
Latreille, 1810
Pycnogonids, Sea Spider, Sea Spiders
13
35
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
13 Families width 135 Species
Ammotheidae Dohrn, 188127SpeciesTaxom
Phoxichilidiidae Sars, 189122SpeciesTaxom
Ascorhynchidae Hoek, 18818SpeciesTaxom
Austrodecidae Stock, 195410SpeciesTaxom
Pallenopsidae Fry, 197810SpeciesTaxom
Callipallenidae Flynn, 192917SpeciesTaxom
Colossendeidae Hoek, 18819SpeciesTaxom
Endeidae Norman, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Acheliidae Fry, 19783SpeciesTaxom
Nymphonidae Wilson, 187815SpeciesTaxom
Pallenidae (Wilson, 1878)1SpeciesTaxom
Pycnogonidae Wilson, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchothoracidae Thompson, 19093SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Africa
34 Genera with 135 Species
#ABCDEHNPRST
Achelia Hodge, 1990Sea spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Acheliana Arnaud, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Ammothella Verrill, 19827SpeciesTaxom
Anoplodactylus Wilson, 190822SpeciesTaxom
Ascorhynchus Sars, 19788SpeciesTaxom
Austrodecus Hodgson, 19576SpeciesTaxom
Bathypallenopsis Stock, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Callipallene Flynn, 19884SpeciesTaxom
Cheilopallene Stock, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Cilunculus Loman, 19383SpeciesTaxom
Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 18936SpeciesTaxom
Decolopoda Eights, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Endeis Philippi, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Eurycyde Schiodte, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Hannonia Hoek, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Hedgpethia Turpaeva, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Nymphon Fabricius, 198815SpeciesTaxom
Nymphopsis Haswell, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Pallene Walker, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Pallenoides Stock, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Pallenopsis Wilson, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Pantopipetta Stock, 19044SpeciesTaxom
Parapallene Carpenter, 19086SpeciesTaxom
Phoxichilidium Milne-Edwards, 1840
0SpeciesTaxom
Pigrogromitus Calman, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Propallene Schimkewitsch, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopallene Wilson, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Pycnogonum Brünnich, 19634SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalorhynchus Wood-Mason, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchothorax Costa, 19773SpeciesTaxom
Scipiolus Loman, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Seguapallene Pushkin, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Stylopallene Clark, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Tanystylum Miers, 18757SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
135 Species
Achelia assimilis Haswell, 1885
Achelia barnardi Stock, 1959
Achelia boschi Stock, 1992
Achelia deodata Muller, 1990
Achelia megacephala Hodgson, 1915
Achelia nana Loman, 1908
Achelia watamu Müller, 1990
Acheliana tropicalis Arnaud, 1971
Ammothella appendiculata Dohrn, 1881
Ammothella biunguiculata Dohrn, 1881
Ammothella gigas (Fage, 1956)⇒ Cilunculus sewelli Calman, 1938
Ammothella indica Stock, 1954
Ammothella setacea Helfer, 1938
Ammothella tippula Child, 1983
Ammothella vanninii Stock, 1982
Anoplodactylus arescus du Bois-Reym..., 1959Sea spider
Anoplodactylus arnaudae Stock, 1978
Anoplodactylus attenuatus (Child, 1988)⇒ Anoplodactylus tenuicorpus Child, 1991
Anoplodactylus baldarus Child, 1988
Anoplodactylus batangensis Helfer, 1938
Anoplodactylus bourboni Muller, 1990
Anoplodactylus brevirostris Child, 1988
Anoplodactylus cribellatus Calman, 1923
Anoplodactylus digitatus (Böhm, 1879)⇒ Anoplodactylus arnaudae Stock, 1978
Anoplodactylus glandulifer Stock, 1954
Anoplodactylus krappi Müller, 1990
Anoplodactylus ophiurophilus Stock, J.H., 1979
Anoplodactylus ophiuroptilus
Anoplodactylus pulcher Carpenter, 1907
Anoplodactylus pycnosoma Helfer, 1938Sea spider
Anoplodactylus rimulus (Child, 1988)⇒ Anoplodactylus squalidus Clark, 1973
Anoplodactylus spinirostrum Stock, 1973
Anoplodactylus squalidus Clark, 1973
Anoplodactylus tenuicorpus Child, 1991
Anoplodactylus tubiferus Haswell, 1884
Anoplodactylus turbidus Stock, 1975
Anoplodactylus versluysi Loman, 1908
Ascorhynchus bacescui Stock, 1975
Ascorhynchus corderoi du Bois-Reym..., 1952
Ascorhynchus extenuata Calman, 1938
Ascorhynchus glaber Hoek, 1881
Ascorhynchus meteor Muller, 1989
Ascorhynchus parvituberculatus Stock, 1953
Ascorhynchus somaliensis Stock, 1994
Ascorhynchus turritus Stock, 1978
Austrodecus breviceps (Gordon, 1938)⇒ Austrodecus crenatum Child, 1994
Austrodecus crenatum Child, 1994
Austrodecus longispinum Stock, 1957
Austrodecus simulans Stock, 1957
Austrodecus stocki Child, 1988
Austrodecus tubiferum Stock, 1957
Bathypallenopsis californica Schimkewitsch, 1893
Bathypallenopsis comosa Stock, 1975
Bathypallenopsis paramollis Stock, 1975
Bathypallenopsis scoparia Fage, 1956
Callipallene (Producta) brevirostris Johnston, 1837
Callipallene gabriellae Correa, 1948
Callipallene kenyensis (Müller, H.-G., 1990)⇒ Callipallene gabriellae Correa, 1948
Callipallene seychellensis Child, 1988
Cheilopallene hirta Child, 1988
Cilunculus bifidus Stock, 1968
Cilunculus frontosus Loman, 1908
Cilunculus sewelli Calman, 1938
Colossendeis angusta Sars, 1877
Colossendeis arcuata A. Milne-Edw..., 1885
Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881
Colossendeis macerrima Hoek, 1881
Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881Sea Spider
Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893Sea Spider
Decolopoda australis Eights, 1835
Endeis australis Hodgson, 1907
Endeis clipeata Möbius, 1902
Endeis clypeatus (Mobius, 1902)⇒ Endeis clipeata Möbius, 1902
Endeis meridionalis Böhm, 1879
Endeis mollis Carpenter, 1904
Hannonia typica Hoek, 1881
Hedgpethia dofleini Loman, 1911
Nymphon aldabraense Child, 1988
Nymphon aldabrense Child, 1988
Nymphon arabicum Calman, 1938
Nymphon brachyrhnchum Hoek, 1881
Nymphon brachyrhynchum Hoek, 1881
Nymphon brevicaudatum Miers, 1875Chambers' twinpod
Nymphon crosnieri Stock, 1965
Nymphon diabolum Child, 1988
Nymphon diabolus Child, C.A., 1988
Nymphon elegans Hansen, 1887
Nymphon gracilipes (Miers, 1875)⇒ Nymphon elegans Hansen, 1887
Nymphon maculatum Carpenter, 1910
Nymphon primacoxa Stock, 1968
Nymphon setimanus Barnard, 1946
Nymphon tanypalpes Child, 1988
Nymphopsis abstrusus Loman, 1922
Nymphopsis curtiscapus Stock, 1974
Pallene dimorpha (Hoek, 1898)⇒ Oropallene dimorpha Hoek, 1898
Pallenoides opuntia Stock, 1965
Pallenopsis (Pallenopsis) pilosa Hoek, 1881
Pallenopsis brevidigitata Mobius, 1902
Pallenopsis crosslandi Carpenter, 1910
Pallenopsis scoparia (Fage, L., 1956)⇒ Bathypallenopsis scoparia Fage, 1956
Pallenopsis spinipes Carpenter, 1907
Pallenopsis virgata Loman, 1908
Pantopipetta australis Hodgson, 1914
Pantopipetta auxiliata Stock, 1968
Pantopipetta clavata Stock, 1994
Pantopipetta weberi Loman, 1904
Parapallene australiensis Hoek, 1881
Parapallene haddoni Carpenter, 1892
Parapallene hodgsoni Barnard, 1946
Parapallene hospitalis Loman, 1908
Parapallene longipus
Parapallene nierstraszi Loman, 1908
Pigrogromitus timsanus Calman, 1927
Propallene ardua Stock, 1975
Pseudopallene centrotus Pushkin, 1990
Pycnogonum (Nulloviger) africanum Calman, 1938
Pycnogonum (Retroviger) pusillum Dohrn, 1881
Pycnogonum madagascariensis Bouvier, 1911
Pycnogonum tuberculatum Clark, 1963
Rhopalorhynchus kroeyeri Wood-Mason, 1873Wilcox's woollystar
Rhynchothorax arenicolus Stock, 1989
Rhynchothorax mediterraneus Costa, 1861
Rhynchothorax oblongus Pushkin, 1977
Scipiolus bifidus (Stock, 1968)⇒ Cilunculus bifidus Stock, 1968
Scipiolus validus Stock, 1957
Seguapallene insignata Pushkin, A.F., 1975
Stylopallene longicauda Stock, 1973Longlegged Sea Spider
Tanystylum bredini Child, 1970
Tanystylum geminum Stock, 1954
Tanystylum neorhetum Marcus, 1940
Tanystylum oedinotum Loman, 1923
Tanystylum ornatum Flynn, 1928
Tanystylum rehderi Child, 1970Sea spider
Tanystylum styligerum Miers, 1875

Subnodes of Pycnogonida with occurrences in East Africa
OrderPantopoda
Gerstaecker, 1863
Sea Spiders
13
35
135
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pycnogonida at artfakta.se
Pycnogonida at dyntaxa.se
Pycnogonida at gbif.org
Pycnogonida at irmng.org
Pycnogonida at itis.gov
Pycnogonida at marinespecies.org