Colossendeis
| Colossendeis | |
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| Colossendeis macerrima from Atlantic Ocean. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Pycnogonida |
| Order: | Pantopoda |
| Family: | Colossendeidae |
| Genus: | Colossendeis Jarzinsky, 1870 |
Colossendeis is a genus of sea spider (class Pycnogonida) belonging to the family Colossendeidae.[1]
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.[2]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[3]
Species
There are 72 species:[1]
- 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 bouvetensis Dietz, Pieper, Seefeldt & Leese, 2015
- 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
References
- ^ a b Bamber RN, El Nagar A, Arango C, eds. (2023). "Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 1870". Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Staples, David A. (2007). "A new species of Colossendeis (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae) together with records from Australian and New Zealand waters" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 64: 79–94. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.8. Archived from the original on 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- 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