List of sea spiders of South Africa

hi 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.

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

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

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)

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

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

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