2001 Volume 6 Issue 3 Pages 179-183
A pycnogonid specimen of the genus Rhopalorhynchus, collected from a sponge in shallow waters off the east coast of Sabah, is described as a new species, R. cinclus, showing a number of features unique for the genus, notably the anterior placement of the dorsal proboscis tooth, the presence of small latero-ventral proboscis teeth, the presence of a small main claw in a longitarsal species, a relatively short fifth palp article, and a simple distal oviger morphology (not subchelate).