Colossendeis

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Colossendeis
Colossendeis macerrima from Atlantic Ocean. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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] Phylogenetic analysis indicates that this genus is paraphyletic with respect to the genera Decolopoda and Dodecolopoda, which are found to be nested within the genus Colossendeis in a phylogenetic tree.[2]

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.[3]

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[4]

Species[edit]

There are 72 species:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Dietz, Lars; Dömel, Jana S.; Leese, Florian; Mahon, Andrew R.; Mayer, Christoph (2019-07-01). "Phylogenomics of the longitarsal Colossendeidae: The evolutionary history of an Antarctic sea spider radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 136: 206–214. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.04.017. ISSN 1055-7903.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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[edit]

  • 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