ON SOME SOUTH AFRICAN PYCNOGONIDA OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN ECOLOGICAL SURVEY

Abstract

Six new species are described from South African waters: Nymphonella lambertensis, Achelia barnardi, Nymphon modestum, Propallene crassimana, Anoplodactylus unilobus, and Pycnogonum angulirostrum. Two other species, Ammothella indica Stock and Achelia spec. aff. australiensis (Miers), are recorded for the first time from South Africa. The genus Hannonia is synonymized with Tanystylum. Of the genus Queubus the hitherto unknown female is described; her anatomical details point to relationships with the Callipallenidae. Remarkable anatomical facts are mentioned in Propallene crassimana (numerous cement gland cones), and in Achelia barnardi and Tanystylum brevipes (both with a retractable proboscis).