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Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from the Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil, including a new species of Callipallene Flynn, 1929

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The Abrolhos Archipelago is the most complex and diversified reef complex of the Southern Atlantic, being characterized by high levels of endemism. It belongs to the least studied area of the Brazilian littoral. Although the study of Pycnogonida from this area started in 1881, just three species are known for this archipelago up to now. This area has been experiencing environmental changes, particularly as a result of tourism. In this paper, we record another three species for the archipelago, two of which are already known from the Brazilian coast. Anoplodactylus batangensis is a pantropical species, recorded for Brazil in 2015 for the States of Paraíba and Pernambuco, and A. evelinae is widely distributed along the Brazilian coast. The new species Callipallene abrolhiensis sp. n. is described herein.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Tauana Junqueira Cunha for donating the studied material. The second author acknowledges the productivity grant from CNPq (Proc. N. 302388/2014-1).

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  1. Laboratório de Invertebrados Paulo Young, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, PB, 58051-900, Brazil

    Rudá Amorim Lucena & Martin Lindsey Christoffersen

  2. Laboratório de Biodiversidade de Invertebrados Não-Insetos, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, João Pessoa, PB, 58051-900, Brazil

    Martin Lindsey Christoffersen

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Lucena, R.A., Christoffersen, M.L. Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from the Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil, including a new species of Callipallene Flynn, 1929. Mar Biodiv 47, 461–468 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0481-6

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