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Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch 1893

Description

Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893

Stock, 1984b, 702–704; figs 1–6. Bamber & Thurston, 1995, 144 (key), 148; fig. 9 C. Bamber, 2000, 612. Bamber 2004a, 75–76. Bamber, 2010, 54–55; fig. 90.

Material. Solomon Islands: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4756), station CP2180, 08°47.5’S 159°40.6’E, XI 2004, depth 708–828 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4757), station CP2181, 08°46.9’S 159°39.8’E, XI 2004, depth 645–840 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4758), station CP2182, 08°47.0’S 159°37.9’E, XI 2004, depth 762–1060 m, Santa Isabel. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4759), station CP2189, 08°19.6’S 160°01.9’E, XI 2004, depth 660–854 m, SE Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4760), station CP2214, 07°41.6’S 157°43.8’E, XI 2004, depth 550–682 m, NW Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4761), station CP2217, 07°49.3’S 157°41.2’E, XI 2004, depth 1045–1118 m, NW Isabel. 9 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007- 4762), station CP2219, 07°50.3’S 157°34.4’E, XI 2004, depth 650– 636 m, New Georgia. 2 specimens (MNHN- IU-2007-4763), station CP2230, 6°27.8’S 156°24.3’E, XI 2004, depth 837–945 m, Solomon Island, NW Choiseul. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4764), station CP2232, 06°24.1’S 156°20.4’E, XI 2004, depth 1045–1207 m, NW Choiseul. 18 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4765), station CP2251, 07°27.9’S 156°14.0’E, XI 2004, depth 1000– 1050 m, Ile Salomon. 13 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4766), station CP2252, 07°28.4’S 156°17.5’E, 0 2 XI 2004, depth 1059–1109 m, Ile Salomon. 4 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4767), station CP2253, 07°26.5’S 156°15.0’E, 0 2 XI 2004, depth 1200–1218 m, Ile Salomon. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4768), station CP2268, 07°48.7’S 156°53.3’E, XI 2004, depth 632–640 m, Vella Gulf. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4769), station CP2297, 09°08.8’S 158°16.0’E, XI 2004, depth 728–777 m, Sud Gatokae. All Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.

Remarks. This member of the Colossendeis macerrima complex has been recorded previously in this region by Stock (1991) and Bamber (2000; 2004a; 2004b), from 850 to 2110 m. It is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific species known also from the North-east Atlantic, with a depth range of 850 to 4850 m.

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 62, 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
minor
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893 sec. Bamber, 2011

References

  • Stock, J. H. (1984 b) The deep-water Pycnogonida of the Safari Cruises to the Indian Ocean. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (4) 6 (sec. A) (3), 701 - 709.
  • 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.
  • Bamber, R. N. (2000) Pycnogonida: pycnogonids from French cruises to New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti and the Marquesas. New records and new species. In: A. Crosnier (ed.). Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 21. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 184, 611 - 625.
  • Bamber, R. N. (2004 a) Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga: new records and new species. In: Marshall, B. & Richer de Forges, B. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Vol. 23. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 191, 73 - 83.
  • 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. (2004 b) Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French cruises to Melanesia. Zootaxa, 551, 1 - 27.