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Table 1 List of Pycnogoid species collected in continental shores of Portugal

From: New records of Sea Spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) for continental Portugal and notes on species distribution

Species

Depth

Habitat

Sites

Region

Reference

Family Nymphonidae

 Nymphon gracile Leach, 1814

I

M, P

V (1)

N, C, S

Nobre, 1903

 Nymphon macrum Wilson, 1880

S (78 m)

-

nf

N

Stephensen, 1935

 Nymphon tubiferum Stock, 1978

D (740 m)

MS

nf

C

Stock, 1978

Family Callipallenidae

 Callipallene brevirostris (Johnston, 1837)

S

-

nf

-

Stock, 1952

 Callipallene emaciata (Dohrn, 1881)

I

M

nf

C

Nogueira, 1956; Patrício et al. 2006

 Callipallene tiberi (Dohrn, 1881)

D

M, S

nf

C, S

Nogueira, 1956

Family Phoxichilidiidae

 Anoplodactylus angulatus (Dohrn, 1881)

I

M

V(1)

N

This study

 Anoplodatylus oculatus Carpenter, 1905

S, D

 

nf

C

Munilla León et al. 2014

 Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Kroyer, 1844)

I

M

V(1)

N, C, S

Nogueira, 1956 ; Cunha et al. 1997

 Anoplodactylus pygmaeus (Hodge, 1864)

I

M

V(1),A(2)

N, C, S

Nogueira, 1956 ; Neto et al., 2010

 Anoplodactylus virescens (Hodge, 1864)

I, S

M

F(1),A(3)

N, C, S

Nogueira, 1956 ; Patrício et al. 2006

Family Endeidae

 Endeis spinosa (Montagu, 1808)

I

M

nf

C,S

Nogueira, 1956

Family Ammotheidae

 Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864

I,S

M

V(1)

N, C, S

Nogueira, 1956

 Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)

I

-

nf

C, S

Nogueira, 1967

 Achelia vulgaris (Costa, 1861)

I,S

M, S

nf

C, S

Nogueira, 1956

 Ammothella longioculata (Faraggiana, 1940)

I

M

F(13),A(1)

N

This study

 Cilunculus europaeus Stock, 1978

D

M, S

nf

C

Munilla León et al. 2014

 Ammothella longipes (Hodge, 1864)

I

M, S

V(1),F(1)

N, C

Nogueira, 1956

 Paranymphon spinosum Caullery, 1896

D (750 m)

MS

nf

S

Loman, 1912

 Tanystylum conirostre (Dohrn, 1881)

I

-

nf

C, S

Nogueira, 1967

 Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, 1878

I

M

nf

C

Nogueira, 1956

Family Ascorhynchidae

 Ascorhynchus abyssi Sars, 1877

D (1500 m)

-

nf

S

Bouvier, 1917

Family Colossendeidae

 Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881

D (2028 m)

MS

nf

C

Topsent, 1897

Family Pycnogonidae

 Pycnogonum litorale (Strom, 1762)

I

M

nf

N, C

Nobre, 1903 , Azeda et al., 2013

  1. Depth: intertidal (I), subtidal (S) and deep sea (D) when available the depth was provided in meters. Habitat: macroalgae (M), sand (S), muddy sand (MS) and plankton (P). Sites where species were found in this study, Viana (V), Foz (F), Aguda (A), not found (nf) and the number of individuals. Region: North Portugal (N), central Portugal (C) and South Portugal (S). Bold references refer to works versed specifically on pycnogonids; the rest are generalist ecological works