A new species of Cilunculus Loman, 1908 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) from the South-western Indian Ocean.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A new species of Cilunculus was determined by the unique characteristic of the three distal processes present on the almost horizontal proboscis and the other differences, including a shorter and blind ocular tubercle, fewer setae on the legs and a glabrate trunk.

New information

New Cilunculus species from the South-western Indian Ocean.

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093573 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature