Apasmoprion glacialis
- Kingdom
- Microsynthera
- Phylum
- Plasticae
- Class
- Occlupanida
- Order
- Orthogonidectes
- Family
- Planotectidae
- Genus
- Apasmoprion
- Species
- A. glacialis
- External morphology
Only one specimen found. Lateral palps. Size 43.1 mm X 33.3 mm
This specimen discovered on a bag of Ice from Eastern Ice in Brockton, Massachusetts. A notable feature of the specimen found is the thickness of its integument; at a whopping 2.3 mm, it beats even Oosoma feniseca and Megavegivendus crassicorpa as thickest occlupanid known to science. This specimen bears the hallmark of the Planotectidae; the only somewhat vaguely discernable flattened oral groove that has bedeviled many a morphometrics analyst. It is hoped that more information can come to light about this sturdy occlupanid of the Northeast. Named after its discoverer, field researcher Robyn G.