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'''Colossendeidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[sea spider]] ([[class (biology)|class]] [[Pycnogonida]]). Nearly all species in this family have four pairs of legs, but three species (''Decolopoda australis'', ''D. qasimi'', and ''Pentacolossendeis reticulata'') have five pairs,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jayasree |first=V. |last2=Sreepada |first2=R. A. |last3=Parulekar |first3=A. H. |date=1993 |title=An unusual giant pycnogonid (Pycnogonida-Colossendeidae) Decolopoda qasimi sp. nov. from Antarctic waters |url=https://drs.nio.org/xmlui/handle/2264/2750 |journal=Current Science |language=en |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=179-181 |via=NIO Digital Repository Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hedgpeth |first=Joel W. |date=1947 |title=The Pycnogonida of the Western North Atlantic and the Caribbean |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15720034#page/175/mode/1up |journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum |volume=97 |issue=3216 |pages=157-342 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> and one (''Dodecolopoda mawsoni'') has six pairs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Calman |first=William Thomas |last2=Gordon |first2=Isabella |date=1933-06-01 |title=A dodecapodous pycnogonid |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1933.0034 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character |volume=113 |issue=781 |pages=107–115 |doi=10.1098/rspb.1933.0034}}</ref>
'''Colossendeidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[sea spider]] ([[class (biology)|class]] [[Pycnogonida]]). All species in this family have four pairs of legs, except for three species (''Decolopoda australis'', ''D. qasimi'', and ''Pentacolossendeis reticulata'') with five pairs<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jayasree |first=V. |last2=Sreepada |first2=R. A. |last3=Parulekar |first3=A. H. |date=1993 |title=An unusual giant pycnogonid (Pycnogonida-Colossendeidae) Decolopoda qasimi sp. nov. from Antarctic waters |url=https://drs.nio.org/xmlui/handle/2264/2750 |journal=Current Science |language=en |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=179-181 |via=NIO Digital Repository Service}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hedgpeth |first=Joel W. |date=1947 |title=The Pycnogonida of the Western North Atlantic and the Caribbean |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15720034#page/175/mode/1up |journal=Proceedings of the United States National Museum |volume=97 |issue=3216 |pages=157-342 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> and one (''Dodecolopoda mawsoni'') with six pairs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Calman |first=William Thomas |last2=Gordon |first2=Isabella |date=1933-06-01 |title=A dodecapodous pycnogonid |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.1933.0034 |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character |volume=113 |issue=781 |pages=107–115 |doi=10.1098/rspb.1933.0034}}</ref>


==Taxonomy==
==Taxonomy==

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Colossendeidae
Temporal range: Jurassic–present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Colossendeidae
Genera

Colossendeis
Decolopoda
Dodecolopoda
Hedgpethia
Rhopalorhynchus

Diversity
5 genera

Colossendeidae is a family of sea spider (class Pycnogonida). All species in this family have four pairs of legs, except for three species (Decolopoda australis, D. qasimi, and Pentacolossendeis reticulata) with five pairs[1][2] and one (Dodecolopoda mawsoni) with six pairs.[3]

Taxonomy

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ 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.