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'''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>
'''Colossendeidae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[sea spider]] ([[class (biology)|class]] [[Pycnogonida]]). Like most sea spiders, 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). Like most sea spiders, 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.