List of sea spiders of South Africa

The list of sea spiders of South Africa is a list of species that form a part of the pycnogonid (Class Pycnogonida) fauna of South Africa. The list follows the SANBI listing on iNaturalist, and does not always agree with WoRMS for distribution.

Order Pantopoda

Suborder Eupantopodida

Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea

Family Ammotheidae

• Achelia barnardi Stock, 1959 – endemic
• Achelia brevicauda (Loman, 1904) – endemic
• Achelia nana (Loman, 1908)
• Achelia quadridentata (Hodgson, 1910)
• Ammothella indica Stock, 1954
• Ammothella setacea (Helfer, 1938) – endemic
• Cilunculus bifidus (Stock, 1968) – endemic
• Cilunculus sewelli Calman, 1938
• Nymphopsis cuspidata Hodgson, 1910 – endemic
• Nymphopsis varipes Stock, 1962 – endemic
• Tanystylum brevipes (Hoek, 1881)
• Tanystylum ornatum Flynn, 1928
• Tanystylum thermophilum Barnard, 1946 – endemic

Family Ascorhynchidae

• Ascorhynchus breviscapus Stock, 1968
• Ascorhynchus inflatus Stock, 1963
• Ascorhynchus ornatus (Helfer, 1938)
• Boehmia chelata (Bohm, 1879) – endemic
• Boehmia longirostris Stock, 1957 – endemic
• Boehmia tuberosa Möbius, 1902 – endemic
• Nymphonella lambertensis Stock, 1959

Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea family incertae sedis

• Hannonia spinipes Stock, 1956 – endemic
• Hannonia typica Hoek, 1881
• Queubus jamesanus Barnard, 1946 – endemic

Superfamily Colossendeidoidea

Family Colossendeidae

Subfamily Colossendeinae

• Colossendeis angusta Sars, 1877
• Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881
• Colossendeis curtirostris Stock, 1963 – endemic
• Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881
• Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881
• Colossendeis minuta Hoek, 1881
• Colossendeis oculifera Stock, 1963 – endemic

Subfamily Hedgpethiinae

• Hedgpethia magnirostris Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Rhopalorhynchus gracillimus Carpenter, 1907
• Rhopalorhynchus kroeyeri Wood-Mason, 1873

Suborder Stiripasterida

Family Austrodecidae

• Pantopipetta armata Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Pantopipetta auxiliata Stock, 1968
• Pantopipetta bilobata Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Pantopipetta capensis (Barnard, 1946) – endemic
• Pantopipetta longituberculata (Turpaeva, 1955)

Superfamily Nymphonoidea

Family Callipallenidae

• Callipallene africana Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Callipallene phantoma (Dohrn, 1881)
• Callipallene vexator Stock, 1956 – endemic
• Pallenoides proboscidea Barnard, 1955 – endemic
• Parapallene algoae Barnard, 1946 – endemic
• Parapallene calmani Flynn, 1928 – endemic
• Parapallene hodgsoni Barnard, 1946
• Parapallene invertichelata Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Parapallene longipes Calman, 1938
• Parapallene nierstraszi Loman, 1908
• Parapallene spinosa (Möbius, 1902)
• Propallene crassimanus Stock, 1959
• Propallene dubitans (Hodgson, 1910) – endemic
• Propallene magnicollis Stock, 1951 – endemic
• Propallene similis Barnard, 1955
• Pseudopallene gilchristi Flynn, 1928 (taxon inquirendum Feb 2019)
• Safropallene longimana Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic

Family Nymphonidae

• Nymphon australe Hodgson, 1902
• Nymphon barnardi Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon bicornum Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon comes Flynn, 1928 – endemic
• Nymphon crenatiunguis Barnard, 1946 – endemic
• Nymphon distensum Möbius, 1902 – endemic
• Nymphon granulatum Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon laterospinum Stock, 1963
• Nymphon lobatum Stock, 1962 – endemic
• Nymphon microctenatum Barnard, 1946 – endemic
• Nymphon modestum Stock, 1959 – endemic
• Nymphon natalense Flynn, 1928 – endemic
• Nymphon obesum Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon paralobatum Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon pedunculatum Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon phasmatoides Bohm, 1879 – endemic
• Nymphon pilosum Möbius, 1902 – endemic
• Nymphon pleodon Stock, 1962 – endemic
• Nymphon serratidentatum Arnaud & Child, 1988 – endemic
• Nymphon setimanus Barnard, 1946 – endemic
• Nymphon signatum Möbius, 1902 – endemic

Family Pallenopsidae

• Bathypallenopsis californica (Schimkewitsch, 1893)
• Bathypallenopsis longirostris (Wilson, 1881)
• Pallenopsis brevidigitata Möbius, 1902
• Pallenopsis capensis Barnard, 1946 – endemic
• Pallenopsis crosslandi Carpenter, 1910
• Pallenopsis intermedia Flynn, 1928
• Pallenopsis ovalis Loman, 1908
• Pallenopsis persimillis Stock, 1956

Superfamily Phoxichilidoidea

Family Endeidae, subfamily Endeinae

• Endeis clipeata Möbius, 1902
• Endeis mollis (Carpenter, 1904)

Family Phoxichilidiidae

• Anoplodactylus aculeatus Möbius, 1902 – endemic
• Anoplodactylus capensis(Flynn, 1928) – endemic
• Anoplodactylus lappa(Böhm, 1879) – nomen dubium
• Anoplodactylus typhlops Sars, 1888
• Anoplodactylus unilobus Stock, 1959 – endemic

Superfamily Pycnogonoidea

Family Pycnogonidae

• Pycnogonum (Nulloviger) africanum Calman, 1938
• Pycnogonum angulirostrum Stock, 1959 – endemic
• Pycnogonum cataphractum Möbius, 1902 – endemic
• Pycnogonum crassirostrum Sars, 1888
• Pycnogonum forte Flynn, 1928 – endemic
• Pycnogonum microps Loman 1904 – endemic
• Pycnogonum nodulosum Dohrn, 1881
• Pycnogonum portus Barnard, 1946 – endemic
• Pycnogonum (Retroviger) pusillum Dohrn, 1881

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