Ten new species of Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae)

Long legged pycnogonids have been observed to walk about in a somewhat unstable manner, and their high ratio of surface to volume makes it easy for currents to move them about.On at least one occasion deep sea pycnogonids of this genus were observed floating near the bottom during a bathyscaphe dive (T: Monon, 1954, Bathyfolages, p. 167).It would appear that the dispersal of pycnogonids is probably easier than that of shelled gastropods, and it is obvious that in this example at least the pycnogonid is a potential means for dispersion beyond the immediate site of egg deposition of at least one species of Antarctic mollusk.