WoRMS taxon details
Cilunculus cactoides Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
172975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172975)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Cilunculus cactoides Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172975 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 21(02): 99. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410200800151x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sirvid, P.J.;Zhang, Z.; Harvey, M.S.; Rhode, B.E.; Cook, D.R.; Bartsch, I.; Staples, D.A. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata: horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, arachnids, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 50-89. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 21(02): 99. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410200800151x [details] Available for editors

additional source Sirvid, P.J.;Zhang, Z.; Harvey, M.S.; Rhode, B.E.; Cook, D.R.; Bartsch, I.; Staples, D.A. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata: horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, arachnids, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 50-89. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]





Unknown type USNM 113006, geounit Ross Sea [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf to slope [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To NMNH Extant Collection (iz crt 113002 Cilunculus cactoides trunk dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (iz crt 113002 Cilunculus cactoides whole specimen dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113002)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To NMNH Extant Collection (iz crt 113002 Cilunculus cactoides trunk dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (iz crt 113002 Cilunculus cactoides whole specimen dorsal)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 113002)