Pycnophyes corrugatus Higgins, 1983
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Family:  Pycnophyidae ()
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Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Caribbean Sea: Belize.
Diagnosis:  Trunk segments 3 to 12 nearly uniform in width with only slight tapering. Lateral terminal spines: long, 136 to 196 um, 17.4 to 32.5% of trunk length, slightly bent outward about one-fourth distance from base. Cuticular ridges: present on either side of dorsal midline of first trunk segment and near ventrolateral margins of segments 4 to 12, reaching greatest prominence on segment 12. Males have adhesive tubes on sternal plates of segment 4, 2 pairs of penile spines at anterolateral margins of terminal sternal plates, and slightly longer lateral terminal spines (Ref. 1409).
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IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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