Genus Anoplodactylus Wilson, 1878
- Anoplodactylus Wilson, E.B. 1878. Descriptions of two new genera of Pycnogonida. American Journal of Science 15: 200-203 [200].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Réunion
- Tanzania
Australian Region
- American Samoa
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin
- Northern Territory: N coast, N coastal
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Great Barrier Reef, Lake Eyre basin, NE coast
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia
- Guam
- Indonesia
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Tonga
Neotropical Region
- Martinique
Oriental Region
- Andaman Islands
- Burma (= Myanmar)
- India
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Philippines
- Singapore
Palaearctic Region
- Iran
- Israel
- Japan
- South Korea
Diagnosis
Trunk and legs usually slender, cephalic segment prolonged forward with distinct neck carrying ocular tubercle; proboscis usually cylindrical; chelifore scapes 1-segmented, chelae small, fingers plain or toothed; palps lacking (sometimes with knobs); ovigers slender, in males only, rarely 5- usually 6-segmented, 3rd segment longest, with proximal constriction, 2 setose distal segments short; legs typical, short or moderately long; tarsus short, propodus long, usually with distinct heel & longer spines, sole usually with a setal lamina of varying lengths, usually with tiny auxiliary claws laterally on main claw, some lacking auxiliary claws. Cement gland outlet sometimes multiple, usually tubular & dorsal, at midfemur or more distal.
Taxonomic Notes
Since recognition and description of new species of Anoplodactylus requires information about certain male characteristics, Child (1975) placed a single female specimen from Yanchep Reef, WA into Anoplodactylus sp.
Staples (1982) placed 1 juvenile and 1 larva from Calliope River, Queensland into a different Anoplodactylus sp.
Phoxichilidium plumulariae von Lendenfeld 1883 was described from a larva found in Port Phillip Bay; Williams (1949) changed the name to Anoplodactylus plumulariae. The species is not valid since it was described only from an early larval stage.