A new species of Hedgpethia (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae) from southwestern Japan
We describe Hedgpethia spinosa sp. n. based on a single male specimen obtained from 197–207 m depth, south of Yaku Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Among 15 previously known congeners, the new species resembles Hedgpethia bicornis (Losina-Losinsky & Turpaeva, 1958), Hedgpethia chitinosa (Hil...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2012
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307348/ |