Colossendeis

Colossendeis is a genus of sea spider (class Pycnogonida) belonging to the family Colossendeidae.

Colossendeis
Colossendeis macerrima from Atlantic Ocean. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Colossendeidae
Genus: Colossendeis
Jarzinsky, 1870

The genus Colossendeis includes the largest pycnogonids, with leg spans of about 40–50 centimetres (16–20 in). These sea spiders can be found in deep-sea.[1]

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

Species
  • Colossendeis acuta Stiboy-Risch, 1993
  • Colossendeis adelpha Child, 1998
  • Colossendeis angusta Sars, 1877
  • Colossendeis aperta Turpaeva, 2005
  • Colossendeis arcanus Turpaeva, 2008
  • Colossendeis arcuata A. Milne-Edwards, 1885
  • Colossendeis australis Hodgson, 1907
  • Colossendeis avidus Pushkin, 1970
  • Colossendeis belekurovi Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis bicincta Schimkewitsch, 1893
  • Colossendeis brevirostris Child, 1995
  • Colossendeis bruuni Fage, 1956
  • Colossendeis clavata Meinert, 1899
  • Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881
  • Colossendeis concedis Child, 1995
  • Colossendeis cucurbita Cole, 1909
  • Colossendeis curtirostris Stock, 1963
  • Colossendeis dalli Child, 1995
  • Colossendeis drakei Calman, 1915
  • Colossendeis elephantis Child, 1995
  • Colossendeis enigmatica Turpaeva, 1974
  • Colossendeis ensifer Child, 1995
  • Colossendeis fijigrypos Bamber, 2004
  • Colossendeis fragilis Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis gardineri Carpenter, 1907
  • Colossendeis geoffroyi Mane-Garzon, 1944
  • Colossendeis glacialis Hodgson, 1907
  • Colossendeis gracilis Hoek, 1881
  • Colossendeis grassus Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis hoeki Gordon, 1944
  • Colossendeis insolitus Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis korotkevitschi Pushkin, 1984
  • Colossendeis kurtchatovi Turpaeva, 1993
  • Colossendeis leniensis Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis leptorhynchus Hoek, 1881
  • Colossendeis longirostris Gordon, 1938
  • Colossendeis losinskii Turpaeva, 2002
  • Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881
  • Colossendeis media Hoek, 1881
  • Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881
  • Colossendeis melancholicus Stock, 1975
  • Colossendeis mica Pushkin, 1970
  • Colossendeis microsetosa Hilton, 1943
  • Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893
  • Colossendeis minuta Hoek, 1881
  • Colossendeis mycterismos Bamber, 2004
  • Colossendeis nasuta Hedgpeth, 1949
  • Colossendeis notialis Child, 1995
  • Colossendeis oculifera Stock, 1963
  • Colossendeis peloria Child, 1994
  • Colossendeis perforata Turpaeva, 1993
  • Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991
  • Colossendeis potentis Turpaeva, 2008
  • Colossendeis proboscidea (Sabine, 1824)
  • Colossendeis pseudochelata Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis robusta Hoek, 1881
  • Colossendeis rostrata Turpaeva, 1994
  • Colossendeis scoresbii Gordon, 1932
  • Colossendeis scotti Calman, 1915
  • Colossendeis sinuosa Stock, 1997
  • Colossendeis spicula Child, 1994
  • Colossendeis stramenti Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
  • Colossendeis subminuta Schimkewitsch, 1893
  • Colossendeis tasmanica Staples, 2007
  • Colossendeis tenera Hilton, 1943
  • Colossendeis tenuipedis Pushkin, 1993
  • Colossendeis tethya Turpaeva, 1974
  • Colossendeis tortipalpis Gordon, 1932
  • Colossendeis vityazi Turpaeva, 1973
  • Colossendeis weddellensis Turpaeva, 2008
  • Colossendeis wilsoni Calman, 1915

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References
  1. D.A. Staples A new species of Colossendeis (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae) together with records from Australian and New Zealand waters Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64: 79–94 (2007) ISSN 1447-2546
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
  3. WoRMS
  4. NCBI
  5. Animal Diversity Web
  • Manfred Moritz: Ordnung Colossendeomorpha in: Urania Tierreich. Wirbellose Tiere 2. Urania-Verlag, Berlin 2000; Seite 327. ISBN 3-332-01167-7.
  • Tomás Munilla, Anna Soler Membrives: Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. Antarctic Science (2008) 1-13
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