Sea-Spiders  of the North-East Atlantic
Subtitle: Keys and Notes for Identification of British Species
Publisher: Field Studies Council
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781851532735
Description: "This Synopsis covers all eighty-four species recorded at all depths from the north-east Atlantic, east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, south of the Wyville Thompson Ridge, and north of the Azores Fracture Zone and of the entrance to the Mediterranean (thus>38°N). Keys to families, genera and species are provided along with notes on species and their distribution. The volume represents a comprehensive revision of British sea spiders (King, 1974), incorporating new information and expanded to include 84 species from 12 families. The pycnogonids, or 'sea spiders' are a class of the phylum Arthropoda with few clear affinities to any other arthropod group. They are exclusively marine and occur from the littoral zone to the abyss and world-wide. Almost all known species from the north -east Atlantic are free-living as adults, although some endoparasitic species are known from elsewhere in the world."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Source title: Sea-Spiders (Pycnogonida) of the North-East Atlantic: Keys and Notes for Identification of British Species (Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series)