Colossendeis colossea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Pycnogonida |
Order: | Pantopoda |
Family: | Colossendeidae |
Genus: | Colossendeis |
Species: | C. colossea
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Binomial name | |
Colossendeis colossea |
Colossendeis colossea is a species of sea spider ( class Pycnogonida) in the family Colossendeidae. [2] The species was first described by Edmund B. Wilson in 1881. [1] [2] It is the largest pycnogonid species known to science, reaching a leg span of 70 cm (28 in). Body length, including proboscis and abdomen, can reach 7 cm (2.8 in). [3]
Colossendeis colossea is a deep-water species inhabiting continental slopes at depths between 420 and 5,200 m (1,380 and 17,060 ft) m.
[3] It has a semi-cosmopolitan distribution
[2] in all main oceans apart from the Arctic Ocean.
[3]
Colossendeis colossea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Pycnogonida |
Order: | Pantopoda |
Family: | Colossendeidae |
Genus: | Colossendeis |
Species: | C. colossea
|
Binomial name | |
Colossendeis colossea |
Colossendeis colossea is a species of sea spider ( class Pycnogonida) in the family Colossendeidae. [2] The species was first described by Edmund B. Wilson in 1881. [1] [2] It is the largest pycnogonid species known to science, reaching a leg span of 70 cm (28 in). Body length, including proboscis and abdomen, can reach 7 cm (2.8 in). [3]
Colossendeis colossea is a deep-water species inhabiting continental slopes at depths between 420 and 5,200 m (1,380 and 17,060 ft) m.
[3] It has a semi-cosmopolitan distribution
[2] in all main oceans apart from the Arctic Ocean.
[3]