Anoplodactylus insignis (Hoek, 1881)
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Family:  Phoxichilidiidae ()
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Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia and USA.
Diagnosis:  Trunk long, tenuous; first and second segmentation sutures complete, that between third and fourth segments present, indistinct, or absent. Lateral processes short, with dorsodistal setose tubercles decreasing in height on posterior pairs. Ocular tubercle conical, direct:d obliquely anteriad; eyes well pigmented, at midpoint of ocular cone. Female proboscis with pair of midventral outgrowths or alar processes. Abdomen slightly taller than ocular tubercle, with several short setae. Chelifore scapes with anterior setose tubercles; chelae setose, without teeth on fingers. Oviger terminal segments very setose. Legs with long tubercles ventrodistally on second coxae, dorsodistally on femorae and first tibiae; single cement gland orifice a long slit; propodi with distal tubercle, a marked heel with 3 spines, and no lamina; auxiliary claws lacking (Ref. 2115, p. 48-49).
Biology:  Coastal to shelf (Ref. 19); from intertidal estuaries to depths of at least 90 m (Ref. 2115, page 49). Epibiotic (Ref. 116112).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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