Pentapycnon
''Pentapycnon'' is a genus of sea spiders (Class (biology), class Pycnogonida) in the Family (biology), family Pycnogonidae. As the name of this genus suggests, ''Pentapycnon'' is among the four genera of sea spiders with five pairs of legs in adults rather than the usual four leg pairs. This genus includes three species: ''Pentapycnon bouvieri, P. bouvieri'', ''Pentapycnon charcoti, P. charcoti'', and ''Pentapycnon geayi, P. geayi''. The species ''P. bouvieri'' and ''P. charcoti'' are found in the Southern Ocean, whereas the species ''P. geayi'' is found in the Caribbean Sea, the Tropics, tropical Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea. The species ''P. geayi'' is one of only two species of polymerous (i.e., extra-legged) sea spiders found outside the Southern Ocean. Discovery and taxonomy This genus was proposed by the French Zoology, zoologist Eugène Louis Bouvier in 1910 to contain the newly discovered species ''P. charcoti''. In 1911, Bouvier Species description, descri ...
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