Colossendeis australis
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Colossendeis australis on a plate from the first description by Thomas Vere Hodgson |
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Colossendeis australis is a species of woodlouse spider (Pycnogonida). It lives in the waters around the Antarctic and the Antarctic Peninsula , the South Shetland Islands , the South Sandwich Islands , South Georgia , the Falkland Islands , the Kerguelen , New Zealand and the Pacific and Atlantic sea basins off Chile and Argentina at depths of 15 to 3,935 meters.
features
Colossendeis australis reaches a leg length of up to 25 centimeters. The proboscis is very large and curved downwards, it widens from a relatively narrow base and is longer than the trunk. The palpus is longer than the proboscis with 3 distal segments of roughly equal length. The oviger , a pair of extremities that carry the eggs, forms a forceps-like structure with its claw through an opposing spike.
distribution
Colossendeis australis lives in a circumpolar manner in the southern Atlantic and Pacific around the Antarctic and the Antarctic Peninsula , the South Shetland Islands , the South Sandwich Islands , South Georgia , the Falkland Islands , the Kerguelen , New Zealand and the Pacific and Atlantic ocean basins off Chile and Argentina at depths of 15 to 3,935 meters .
Systematics
Colossendeis australis was first mentioned by Thomas Vere Hodgson in 1907 in his monograph on the Antarctic woodlouse spider Pycnogonida. National Antarctic Expedition: Natural History, Vol. III. described. In it he described the 28 species of woodlouse spider that he collected on the Discovery expedition and brought to the British Museum in London .
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Colossendeis australis ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the SeaLifeBase
- ↑ Colossendeis australis in the Antarctic Field Guide
- ^ Thomas Vere Hodgson: Pycnogonida. National Antarctic Expedition: Natural History, Vol. III. British Museum (NH), London 1907; S. 1. ( Online at archive.org)
Web links
- Colossendeis australis on theSmithsonian's National Museum of Natural History's Antarctic Invertebrates site
- Colossendeis australis in the pycnobase
- Colossendeis australis in the Antarctic Field Guide
- Colossendeis australis in the SeaLifeBase