Austrodecidae
Sign in to saveAustrodecidae is a family of sea spiders. Austrodecids tend to be small measuring only 1–2 mm, characterized by an annulated proboscis with vertical slit-like mouth opening. It is the most basal family of the order Pantopoda, representing a lineage (Stiripasterida) sister to all other pantopod families (Eupantopodida).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassPycnogonida
- OrderPantopoda
- FamilyAustrodecidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Austrodecidae
- Collections
- ALMNH, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Vanuatu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Austrodecus bamberi male holotype - ZooKeys-349-073-g002.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Austrodecidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Austrodecidae
- Commons category
- Austrodecidae
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
Austrodecidae is a family of sea spiders. Austrodecids tend to be small measuring only 1–2 mm, characterized by an annulated proboscis with vertical slit-like mouth opening. It is the most basal family of the order Pantopoda, representing a lineage (Stiripasterida) sister to all other pantopod families (Eupantopodida).
==References== PycnoBase: World list of Pycnogonida
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Austrodecidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.