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*'' Achelia barnardi'' Stock, 1959 – endemic
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*'' Colossendeis angusta'' Sars, 1877
*'' Colossendeis colossea'' Wilson, 1881
*'' Colossendeis curtirostris'' Stock, 1963 – endemic
*'' Colossendeis macerrima'' Wilson, 1881
*'' Colossendeis megalonyx'' Hoek, 1881
*'' Colossendeis minuta'' Hoek, 1881
*'' Colossendeis oculifera'' Stock, 1963 – endemic
*'' Nymphon australe'' Hodgson, 1902
*'' Nymphon barnardi'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon bicornum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon comes'' Flynn, 1928 – endemic
*'' Nymphon crenatiunguis'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
*'' Nymphon distensum'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic
*'' Nymphon granulatum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon laterospinum'' Stock, 1963
*'' Nymphon lobatum'' Stock, 1962 – endemic
*'' Nymphon microctenatum'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
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Sea spiders are marine arthropods of the order Pantopoda ( ‘all feet’), belonging to the class Pycnogonida, hence they are also called pycnogonids (; named after ''Pycnogonum'', the type genus; with the suffix '). They are cosmopolitan, fou ...
s of South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...
is a list of species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
that form a part of the pycnogonid (Class Pycnogonida) fauna of South Africa
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. The list follows the SANBI
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Order Pantopoda
Suborder Eupantopodida
Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea
=Family Ammotheidae
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*'' Achelia barnardi'' Stock, 1959 – endemic
*''Achelia brevicauda
''Achelia'' is a genus of pycnogonids in the family Ammotheidae.Hodge, 1864 : List of the British Pycnogonida, with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3, vol. 13, p. 113–117.
Species
The foll ...
'' (Loman, 1904) – endemic
*'' Achelia nana'' (Loman, 1908)
*'' Achelia quadridentata'' (Hodgson, 1910)
*'' Ammothella indica'' Stock, 1954
*'' Ammothella setacea'' (Helfer, 1938) – endemic
*'' Cilunculus bifidus'' (Stock, 1968) – endemic
*'' Cilunculus sewelli'' Calman, 1938
*''Nymphopsis cuspidata
''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of sea spiders belonging to the family Ammotheidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, except Europe.
Species:
*'' Nymphopsis abstrusus''
*'' Nymphopsis acinacispinatus''
*'' Nymphopsis anarthra''
* ...
'' Hodgson, 1910 – endemic
*'' Nymphopsis varipes'' Stock, 1962 – endemic
*'' Tanystylum brevipes'' (Hoek, 1881)
*'' Tanystylum ornatum'' Flynn, 1928
*''Tanystylum thermophilum
''Tanystylum'' is a genus of pycnogonids in the family Ammotheidae.
Species
The following species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A spec ...
'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
=Family Ascorhynchidae
= *'' Ascorhynchus breviscapus'' Stock, 1968 *'' Ascorhynchus inflatus'' Stock, 1963 *'' Ascorhynchus ornatus'' (Helfer, 1938) *'' Boehmia chelata'' (Bohm, 1879) – endemic *'' Boehmia longirostris'' Stock, 1957 – endemic *'' Boehmia tuberosa'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic *'' Nymphonella lambertensis'' Stock, 1959=Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea family incertae sedis
= *''Hannonia spinipes
''Hannonia'' is a genus of plants in the Amaryllis family. It contains only one known species, ''Hannonia hesperidum'', endemic to Morocco and confined to Western Morocco, Promontory of Hercules. The specific name comes from Greek έσπερο ...
'' Stock, 1956 – endemic
*''Hannonia typica
''Hannonia'' is a genus of plants in the Amaryllis family. It contains only one known species, ''Hannonia hesperidum'', endemic to Morocco and confined to Western Morocco, Promontory of Hercules. The specific name comes from Greek έσπερο ...
'' Hoek, 1881
*'' Queubus jamesanus'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
Superfamily Colossendeidoidea
=Family Colossendeidae
=Subfamily Colossendeinae
*'' Colossendeis angusta'' Sars, 1877
*'' Colossendeis colossea'' Wilson, 1881
*'' Colossendeis curtirostris'' Stock, 1963 – endemic
*'' Colossendeis macerrima'' Wilson, 1881
*'' Colossendeis megalonyx'' Hoek, 1881
*'' Colossendeis minuta'' Hoek, 1881
*'' Colossendeis oculifera'' Stock, 1963 – endemic
Subfamily Hedgpethiinae *'' Hedgpethia magnirostris'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic *'' Rhopalorhynchus gracillimus'' Carpenter, 1907 *'' Rhopalorhynchus kroeyeri'' Wood-Mason, 1873
Suborder Stiripasterida
Family Austrodecidae
*'' Pantopipetta armata'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic *'' Pantopipetta auxiliata'' Stock, 1968 *'' Pantopipetta bilobata'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic *'' Pantopipetta capensis'' (Barnard, 1946) – endemic *'' Pantopipetta longituberculata'' (Turpaeva, 1955)Superfamily Nymphonoidea
=Family Callipallenidae
= *'' Callipallene africana'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic *'' Callipallene phantoma'' (Dohrn, 1881) *'' Callipallene vexator'' Stock, 1956 – endemic *'' Pallenoides proboscidea'' Barnard, 1955 – endemic *'' Parapallene algoae'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic *'' Parapallene calmani'' Flynn, 1928 – endemic *'' Parapallene hodgsoni'' Barnard, 1946 *'' Parapallene invertichelata'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic *'' Parapallene longipes'' Calman, 1938 *'' Parapallene nierstraszi'' Loman, 1908 *'' Parapallene spinosa'' (Möbius, 1902) *'' Propallene crassimanus'' Stock, 1959 *'' Propallene dubitans'' (Hodgson, 1910) – endemic *'' Propallene magnicollis'' Stock, 1951 – endemic *'' Propallene similis'' Barnard, 1955 *'' Pseudopallene gilchristi'' Flynn, 1928 (taxon inquirendum Feb 2019) *'' Safropallene longimana'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic=Family Nymphonidae
=
*'' Nymphon australe'' Hodgson, 1902
*'' Nymphon barnardi'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon bicornum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon comes'' Flynn, 1928 – endemic
*'' Nymphon crenatiunguis'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
*'' Nymphon distensum'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic
*'' Nymphon granulatum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon laterospinum'' Stock, 1963
*'' Nymphon lobatum'' Stock, 1962 – endemic
*'' Nymphon microctenatum'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
*''Nymphon modestum
''Nymphon'' is a genus of sea spiders in the family Nymphonidae. The species of sea spiders within the genus ''Nymphon'' are all benthic organisms and are found in abyssal and bathyal areas of the ocean. This is a fully marine group and can be fo ...
'' Stock, 1959 – endemic
*'' Nymphon natalense'' Flynn, 1928 – endemic
*'' Nymphon obesum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon paralobatum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon pedunculatum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon phasmatoides'' Bohm, 1879 – endemic
*'' Nymphon pilosum'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic
*'' Nymphon pleodon'' Stock, 1962 – endemic
*'' Nymphon serratidentatum'' Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
*'' Nymphon setimanus'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
*'' Nymphon signatum'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic
=Family Pallenopsidae
= *'' Bathypallenopsis californica'' (Schimkewitsch, 1893) *'' Bathypallenopsis longirostris'' (Wilson, 1881) *'' Pallenopsis brevidigitata'' Möbius, 1902 *'' Pallenopsis capensis'' Barnard, 1946 – endemic *'' Pallenopsis crosslandi'' Carpenter, 1910 *'' Pallenopsis intermedia'' Flynn, 1928 *'' Pallenopsis ovalis'' Loman, 1908 *'' Pallenopsis persimillis'' Stock, 1956Superfamily Phoxichilidoidea
=Family Endeidae, subfamily Endeinae
= *'' Endeis clipeata'' Möbius, 1902 *'' Endeis mollis'' (Carpenter, 1904)=Family Phoxichilidiidae
= *'' Anoplodactylus aculeatus'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic *'' Anoplodactylus capensis''(Flynn, 1928) – endemic *'' Anoplodactylus lappa''(Böhm, 1879) – nomen dubium *'' Anoplodactylus typhlops'' Sars, 1888 *'' Anoplodactylus unilobus'' Stock, 1959 – endemicSuperfamily Pycnogonoidea
=Family Pycnogonidae
= *''Pycnogonum (Nulloviger) africanum
''Pycnogonum'' is a genus of sea spiders in the family Pycnogonidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Etymology
The generic name (biology), generic name literally means “dense knees”. ''Pycnogonum'' combines the prefix ' (from ‘dense ...
'' Calman, 1938
*'' Pycnogonum angulirostrum'' Stock, 1959 – endemic
*''Pycnogonum cataphractum
''Pycnogonum'' is a genus of sea spiders in the family Pycnogonidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Etymology
The generic name literally means “dense knees”. ''Pycnogonum'' combines the prefix ' (from ‘dense’ in Greek) with the G ...
'' Möbius, 1902 – endemic
*'' Pycnogonum crassirostrum'' Sars, 1888
*'' Pycnogonum forte'' Flynn, 1928 – endemic
*'' Pycnogonum microps'' Loman 1904 – endemic
*'' Pycnogonum nodulosum'' Dohrn, 1881
*'' Pycnogonum portus '' Barnard, 1946 – endemic
*''Pycnogonum (Retroviger) pusillum
''Pycnogonum'' is a genus of sea spiders in the family Pycnogonidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Etymology
The generic name (biology), generic name literally means “dense knees”. ''Pycnogonum'' combines the prefix ' (from ‘dense ...
'' Dohrn, 1881Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A. & Arango, C. P. (Eds) (2019). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Pycnogonum (Retroviger) pusillum Dohrn, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240137 on 2019-02-21
References
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