Published December 31, 2011 | Version v1
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Colossendeis bicincta Schimkewitsch 1893

Description

Colossendeis bicincta Schimkewitsch, 1893

Stock, 1979, 409–411; figs 1, 3. Stock, 1984a, 745–746 (literature). Stock, 1991, 163. Bamber & Thurston, 1995, 144 (key),145; fig. 9G. Bamber, 2010, 44–45; fig. 85.

Material. Solomon Islands: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4743), station CP2219, 07°50.3’S 157°34.4’E, XI 2004, depth 650– 636 m, New Georgia. Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.

Remarks. Colossendeis bicincta is a large (adult body length ca 25 mm), rarely-recorded species with a characteristic, bulbous proboscis. Previous records are from the eastern Pacific (Gulf of California, Mexico, Colombia, Panama), the Lau Basin and the north-east Atlantic (Bay of Biscay and Porcupine Abyssal Plain), at depths between 280 and 4850 m, normally deeper than 1900 m. It has not been recorded in the Melanesian region before.

Notes

Published as part of Bamber, Roger N, 2011, The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, pp. 55-67 in Zootaxa 2787 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201969

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Colossendeidae
Genus
Colossendeis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pantopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schimkewitsch
Species
bicincta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Colossendeis bicincta Schimkewitsch, 1893 sec. Bamber, 2011

References

  • Stock, J. H. (1979) Abyssal Pycnogonida from the North-eastern Atlantic Basin, Part II. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 19, 397 - 413.
  • Stock, J. H. (1984 a) Deep-water Pycnogonida of the INCAL, BIOGAS, GEOMANCHE and SAFARI Cruises. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 64, 743 - 749.
  • Stock, J. H. (1991) Deep-water Pycnogonida from the surroundings of New Caledonia. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol 8. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (A) 151, 125 - 212.
  • Bamber, R. N. & Thurston, M. H. (1995) The deep-water pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115, 117 - 162.