ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN PYCNOGONIDA—HEDGPETH 205 
ALBATROSS RECORDS 
Station Number of 
Na: Date Lat. N. Long. W. | Depth specimens 
Ons; a” On” ATP Fathoms 
ZO078%| -Septn 41883: sets ote. 2S 2b SR sd eS 41 11 30 66 12 20 499 | 17,1? 
mois Sept. 1, 1885-4 ere EE oe AS 40 09 30 67 09 00 1, 356 | 1d (ov.) 
The form and size of the propodus and terminal claws in these 
specimens are intermediate between Meinert’s figures for C. acus and 
C. hastata, supporting Bouvier’s conclusion that. the species are 
synonymous. 
Distribution.—Evidently a species of the North Atlantic Basin, but 
infrequently collected. The previous records are Meinert’s from 
Davis Strait and Bouvier’s from west of the Azores. The Albatross 
collections are just off the continental shelf southeast of Cape Cod. 
The bathymetric range, from this scant material, is 499-1,435 fathoms. 
Genus PSEUDOPALLENE Wilson, 1878 
?Phoxichilus LATREILLE, 1804, p. 187. 
Pseudopallene Fuynn, 1928, p. 23. 
Chelifore 2-jomted, chela usually heavy. Palpus absent. Legs 
spiny, without auxiliary claws. Oviger 10-jointed. Body usually 
compact; mouth with a fringe of setae. 
A small genus; four, perhaps six, species have been referred to it 
so far. Pseudopallene circularis and P. spinipes are widely distributed 
Boreal-Arctic species, P. pachycheira is from the coast of New South 
Wales, and P. gilchristi is a South African species. Pseudopallene 
circularis is the only species known from American waters (New 
England region), but P. spinipes might turn up in future collections 
off Newfoundland. It is not uncommon at Cape Farewell. Hilton 
(1942c, p. 39) mentions two Alaskan species, Pseudopallene setosa 
and P. spinosa, which may prove to be synonyms of P. circularis 
in view of the wide range of variation recognized for that species. 
The characters mentioned are inadequate for including the species in 
the key. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES (AFTER FLYNN, 1928) 
Popestioral: pracessesie¢lose- 5 1 20. eee oe ee ee i ee ee 2 
Lateral processes separated by more than their own diameter. 
gilchristi Flynn 
ZAIN COrsaL supercies Ol trunk. 2. -2 22-5). "se ee a 3 
Dorsal spines and tubercles present_.___.._.....-.------ circularis (p. 206) 
3. Scape longer than proboscis_____.....___---_---_-- spinipes (O. Fabricius) 
Scape equal to or shorter than proboscis__--_.__-_-__- pachycheira Haswell 
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