Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Kroyer 1844)
- Dataset
- Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from Uruguayan waters (Southwest Atlantic): annotated checklist and biogeographic considerations
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Pycnogonida
- order
- Pantopoda
- family
- Phoxichilidiidae
- genus
- Anoplodactylus
- species
- Anoplodactylus petiolatus
discussion
Remarks: Wide global distribution and a lengthy synonymy suggest that this name may apply to a species complex; more taxonomic studies are needed for determining its status, either native, exotic or cryptogenic.
distribution
Distribution: Widely distributed in tropical and temperate zones of the Atlantic Ocean (including Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina); Mediterranean and Black Seas (Stock 1966, 1975, 1992; Raiskii & Turpaeva 2006; Müller & Krapp 2009; Lehmann et al. 2014; Esquete et al. 2016). Uruguayan records: Carranza et al (2007 a): littoral.