Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Rhopalorhynchus Wood-Mason, 1873

<I>Rhopalorhynchus</I> sp.

Rhopalorhynchus sp.

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Genus Rhopalorhynchus Wood-Mason, 1873

  • Rhopalorhynchus Wood-Mason, J. 1873. On Rhopalorhynchus kroyeri, a new genus and species of Pycnogonida. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 42(2): 171-175 [171].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast
    • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE oceanic, Torres Strait Islands
    • Western Australia: W oceanic
  • Indonesia
    • Kei Islands

Oriental Region

  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Thailand

Diagnosis

Trunk slender, fully segmented, lateral processes widely spaced; abdomen semi- ventral; proboscis spindle-shaped, usually down-curved, with single tiny tooth-like spike on mid-dorsum; chelifores entirely absent; palps 10-segmented; ovigers 10-segmented, with strong strigilis, rows of spatulate spines, and terminal claw which forms a subchelate structure with distal spine of 10th segment, legs like Colossendeis.