Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Colossendeidoidea > Family Colossendeidae > Subfamily Colossendeinae > Genus Colossendeis

Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colossendeis*	Jarzynsky, 1870	accepted genus name
*Anomorhynchus*	Miers, 1881	synonym

Species group names

*Colossendeis gigas*	Hoek, 1881	synonym
*Colossendeis spinifera*	Hilton, 1943	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 237
additional source	Sirvid, P.J.;Zhang, Z.; Harvey, M.S.; Rhode, B.E.; Cook, D.R.; Bartsch, I.; Staples, D.A. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata: horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, arachnids, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 50-89.
additional source	Child, C. A. 2009. Pycnogonida and Xiphosura (Cheliceriformes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 815–820 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Munilla T. & A. Soler (2009). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. Antarctic Science 21 (2): 99-111.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Pycnogonid Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bamber, R. (2014). Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2014). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134663