RAS taxon details
Cilunculus acanthus Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
172973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172973)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. (1969). The fauna of the Ross Sea Part 7. Pycnogonida, 1. Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 198: 1-139. [details] Available for editors 
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Cilunculus acanthus Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/rest/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172973 on 2026-02-19
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Cilunculus acanthus Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/LOG_0001=PHYS_0004/10.1080/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172973 on 2026-02-19
original description
Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. (1969). The fauna of the Ross Sea Part 7. Pycnogonida, 1. Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 198: 1-139. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 21(02): 99. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410200800151x [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 21(02): 99. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410200800151x [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
