Pycnogonida from the Western Pacific Islands, XV. : Achelia cuneatis n. sp. and a Known Species from Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East

Abstract

A new pycnogonid species, Achelia cuneatis, is described and illustrated from specimens collected in shallows of northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East. One known species, Nymphon brevitarse Krφyer, is also reported from a few specimens found in the same locality. The new species is compared with two congeners known from northwest Pacific waters.