Ammothella spinifera Cole 1904
Creators: name: Sabroux, Romain
name: Hassanin, Alexandre
name: Corbari, Laure
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Pycnogonida
Pantopoda
Ammotheidae
Ammothella
Ammothella spinifera

description: Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904
Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904b: 275–277, pl. 12 fig. 8, pl. 20 figs 7–9, pl. 21 figs 1–6.
Ammothella spinifera – Hedgpeth 1941: 256 (key). — Hilton 1943: 97. — Stock 1954b: 116, 119 (key); 1955: 253; 1986: tab. 1; 1992a: 116, 139. — Child 1979: 9; 1992a: 2, 9–11; 2004: 147 (key). — Müller 1990a: 278; 1992a: 43–44, figs 2–3. — Montoya Bravo et al. 2009: 18–21, figs 10–11. — Müller & Krapp 2009: 21 (key), 33–38, 132–133, 137 (list), tab. 1, fig. 14. — Lucena & Christoffersen 2018a: 105. — Lucena et al. 2019: 3 (list), 6–7, 21, fig. 2g. — Sabroux et al. 2019b: tab. 1, figs 3, 5. — León-Espinosa et al. 2021: 153, 157–160, 165, tab. 1, figs 2–3. — Ramírez-Tello et al. 2022: 162, tab. 1.
Ammothea spinifera – Hall 1913: 132 (key).
Type material
Holotype: USNM 231856 (not examined). Type locality: San Diego, California.
Material examined
MARTINIQUE • 1 ♂; Pointe du Diamant; 14°27.5ʹ N, 61°02.9ʹ W; depth 3 m; 15 Sep. 2016; st. AB126; MNHN-IU-2016-826/ MK411145 • 1 ♀; Pointe du Vauclin; 14°33.6ʹ N, 60°49.7ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AD230; MNHN-IU-2016-827 • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN- IU-2016-1141 • 1 ♂ ov.; Ste-Luce; 14°27.3ʹ N, 60°55.5ʹ W; depth 15 m; 10 Sep. 2016; st. AB062; MNHN-IU-2016-828 • 1 juv.; Pointe Michel; 14°26.4ʹ N, 60°49.3ʹ W; depth 2 m; 12 Sep. 2016; st. AB120; MNHN-IU-2016-557 • 1 ♂; Pointe Baham; 14°25ʹ N, 60°50.4ʹ W; depth 0–2 m; 17 Sep. 2016; st. AM021; MNHN-IU-2016-581 • 1 juv.; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-582 • 1 juv.; Le Prêcheur; 14°47.2ʹ N, 61°13.1ʹ W; depth 2 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AB382; MNHN-IU-2016-584 • 1 ♂, 2 ♂♂ ov., 1 ♀, 1 juv.; Grand’Rivière; 14°52ʹ N, 61°11.7ʹ W; depth 6 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AB556; MNHN-IU-2016-1070 • 1 ♂ ov., 1 ♀; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle; 14°47.5ʹ N, 60°57.4ʹ W; depth 14 m; 4 Oct. 2016; st. AB562; MNHN-IU-2016-1090 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Banc du Diamant; 14°26.4ʹ N, 61°01.7ʹ W; depth 18 m; 15 Sep. 2016; st. AB177; MNHN-IU-2016-1103 • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Anse Couleuvre; 14°50.4ʹ N, 61°13.4ʹ W; depth 7 m; 1 Oct. 2016; st. AB463; MNHN-IU-2016-1119 • 1 ♂; Baie de Fort-de-France; 14°36.1ʹ N, 61°04ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 29 Sep. 2016; st. AM034; MNHN-IU-2016-1150 • 1 juv.; Trois Rivières; 14°27.5ʹ N, 60°58.2ʹ W; depth 17 m; 9 Oct. 2016; st. AB578; MNHN-IU-2016-1169 • 1 ♂ ov., 2 ♀♀; Grande Anse du Diamant; 14°28ʹ N, 61°00.1ʹ W; depth 12 m; 26 Sep. 2016; st. AB360; MNHN- IU-2016-1219 • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; MNHN-IU-2016-1400 • 1 ♂; Grand’Rivière; 14°52ʹ N, 61°11.7ʹ W; depth 0–6 m; 3 Oct. 2016; st. AS 557; MNHN-IU-2016-1222 • 1 juv.; Anse des Galets; 14°51.4ʹ N, 61°12.8ʹ W; depth 0–10 m; 7 Oct. 2016; st. AB567; MNHN-IU-2016-1247 • 1 ♂, 1 ♂ ov., 1 juv.; Presqu’Île de la Caravelle; 14°48.4ʹ N, 60°52.8ʹ W; depth 23–25 m; 20 Sep. 2016; st. AB197; MNHN-IU-2016-1251 • 1 ♂; Baie de Sans-Souci; 14°34.7ʹ N, 60°50.7ʹ W; depth 0–1 m; 9 Oct. 2016; st. AM325; MNHN-IU-2016-1270 • 1 ♂; Rocher du Diamant; 14°26.7ʹ N, 61°02.3ʹ W; depth 4–10 m; 14 Sep. 2016; st. AB123; MNHN-IU-2016-1295.
Remarks
The species is generally easily identified by the two characteristic dorsal clavate setae on the second trunk segment (Müller & Krapp 2009). It was recorded for the first time in Martinique by Müller (1990a) at Vauclin, Petite Anse Macabou and Baie de Tartane, and was abundantly collected during Madibenthos from both the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts.
Distribution
Tropical Western Atlantic (Caribbean, Brazil) and East Pacific (Ecuador, Panama, California).
Depth range
0– 28 m.
description: Published as part of Sabroux, Romain, Hassanin, Alexandre & Corbari, Laure, 2022, Sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) collected during the Madibenthos Expedition from Martinique shallow waters, pp. 1-141 in European Journal of Taxonomy 851 (1) on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.851.1999, http://zenodo.org/record/7428095