Ascorhynchus hippos Turpaeva, 1994
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 2015 (Wolf et al., 2022)
Distribution
Kuril-Kamchatka Trench
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Turpaeva, E. P. (1994). Sea spiders (Pycnogonida) from the North Pacific Basin. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P P Sirsova [1994]: 126-138.
Other references:
Bamber, R. N., El Nagar, A. and Arango, C. P. (eds.). (2023). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Ascorhynchus hippos Turpaeva, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=239839 on 2023-03-10
Wolf, Lisa, Melzer, Roland R. and Lehmann, Tobias. (2022). Rediscovery after 25 years – first photographic documentation and DNA barcoding of the deep-sea pycnogonid species Ascorhynchus hippos Turpaeva, 1994 (Chelicerata, Pycnogonida, Ascorhynchidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(2): 257-262. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.84864