A pseudoscorpion (Neobisium maritimum)
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Researched by | Edward Mayhew | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Leach, 1817) | ||
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Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
South and west coasts only. There are scattered records of the species in south west Cornwall, south west Wales, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, Anglesey and the coasts of Ireland.Global distribution
In Europe, Neobisium maritimum has been recorded on the Atlantic coasts of Ireland, England and western France.Habitat
Neobisium maritimum is found in rock crevices and under stones from the top of the upper shore to the splash zone,Depth range
-Identifying features
- Cephalothorax with four eyes.
- Galea a low or rounded tubercle.
- Male genital armature consisting of a simple ring-like lateral apodema frame with no additional processes.
- Lateral genital sacs weakly to moderately developed.
- Female genitalia without spermathecal pockets.
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Bibliography
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (ed.) 1995b. Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. 1990. The marine fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Legg, G. & Jones, R. E. 1988. Pseudoscorpions. Avon: The Bath Press. [Synopses of the British Fauna No. 40.]
Datasets
Cofnod – North Wales Environmental Information Service, 2018. Miscellaneous records held on the Cofnod database. Occurrence dataset: https://doi.org/10.15468/hcgqsi accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-09-25.
Fenwick, 2018. Aphotomarine. Occurrence dataset http://www.aphotomarine.com/index.html Accessed via NBNAtlas.org on 2018-10-01
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-10-08
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Last Updated: 17/04/2008