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Colossendeidae

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Colossendeidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Colossendeidae
Jarzynsky, 1870
Genera

Colossendeis
Decolopoda
Dodecolopoda
Hedgpethia
Pentacolossendeis
Rhopalorhynchus

Diversity
6 genera

Colossendeidae is a family of sea spiders (class Pycnogonida).[1] This family includes more than 100 species distributed among six genera.[2] These sea spiders inhabit the deep sea mostly but are also found in shallower waters, especially in Antarctic and Arctic waters.[3]

Description

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Sea spiders in this family can grow to giant sizes as adults, far larger than any other sea spiders. The largest sea spider, Colossendeis colossea, can reach a leg span of 70 cm.[4] Like most sea spiders, species in this family have four pairs of legs, except for three species (Decolopoda australis, D. qasimi, and Pentacolossendeis reticulata) with five leg pairs,[5][6] and one species (Dodecolopoda mawsoni) with six leg pairs.[7][8]

Sea spiders in this family have palps with 9 or 10 articles, with the first two basal segments very short. The ovigers have 10 articles, and each oviger ends in a strong terminal claw.[9] These sea spiders feature compound oviger spines arranged in fields or rows on a well formed strigilis.[10][9] Both palps and ovigers are present in both males and females.[10] The proboscis is long, usually longer than the trunk. The trunk and legs are usually glabrous.[9] The legs are long and have no auxiliary claws, and all legs feature gonopores.[9][10]

Taxonomy

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References

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  1. ^ "PycnoBase - Colossendeidae Jarzynsky, 1870". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  2. ^ "ITIS - Report: Colossendeidae". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  3. ^ Dietz, Lars; Dömel, Jana S.; Leese, Florian; Mahon, Andrew R.; Mayer, Christoph (2019). "Phylogenomics of the longitarsal Colossendeidae: The evolutionary history of an Antarctic sea spider radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 206–214. Bibcode:2019MolPE.136..206D. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.017. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 31002869.
  4. ^ Gardner, C.E.; Bain, B.A.; Govedich, F.R. (2016). "Revision of Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881 (Pycnogonida Family Colossendeidae)". The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
  5. ^ Jayasree, V.; Sreepada, R. A.; Parulekar, A. H. (1993). "An unusual giant pycnogonid (Pycnogonida-Colossendeidae) Decolopoda qasimi sp. nov. from Antarctic waters". Current Science. 65 (2): 179–181 – via NIO Digital Repository Service.
  6. ^ Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1947). "The Pycnogonida of the Western North Atlantic and the Caribbean". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 97 (3216): 157–342 [275]. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.97-3216.157 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  7. ^ Calman, William Thomas; Gordon, Isabella (1933-06-01). "A dodecapodous pycnogonid". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character. 113 (781): 107–115. doi:10.1098/rspb.1933.0034.
  8. ^ Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1947). "On the evolutionary significance of the Pycnogonida". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106 (18): 1–53 – via Smithsonian Research Online.
  9. ^ a b c d Staples, David A. (2007-12-31). "A new species of Colossendeis (Pycnogonida: Colossendeidae) together with records from Australian and New Zealand waters". Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 64: 79–94. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.8.
  10. ^ a b c Cano-Sánchez, Esperanza; López-González, Pablo J. (2016-12-15). "Basal articulation of the palps and ovigers in Antarctic Colossendeis (Pycnogonida; Colossendeidae)". Helgoland Marine Research. 70 (1): 22. doi:10.1186/s10152-016-0474-7. ISSN 1438-3888.

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