Pycnogonida of the Western Pacific Islands, XIV. A Shallow-water Collection from Tonga

Abstract

A small collection of Pycnogonida is reported from the Vava'u Island Group of the Tonga Islands, southwest Pacific. It contains 10 species in seven genera with one species, Pycnogonum saxulum, described and illustrated as new. The distribution of all species is given and each is compared with congeners known from the southwest Pacific.