Discovery and re-description of the holotype of Pycnogonum gibberum (Pycnogonida: Pycnogonidae)

ABSTRACT

A significant part of the species described by Brazilian researchers do not have a known type, either because it has not been assigned or because it has been lost. The holotype of Pycnogonum gibberum was discovered in the Arachnid section of the Zoology Museum of the University of São Paulo and is re-described in this work. Its re-description allows for a more precise comparison with other species of the genus, especially Pycnogonum elephas.

KEYWORDS:

• Type
• zoological collection
• Brazil
• sea spider
• Pycnogonum

Acknowledgements

RAL would like to thank Dr. Ricardo Pinto da Rocha, coordinator of the Arachnid section of the MZUSP, for providing the material in the collection for study, and acknowledges a Doctoral scholarship from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento do Ensino Superior (CAPES).

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior.