Colossendeis Jarzinsky 1870
- Dataset
- Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) from Uruguayan waters (Southwest Atlantic): annotated checklist and biogeographic considerations
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Pycnogonida
- order
- Pantopoda
- family
- Colossendeidae
- genus
- Colossendeis
discussion
Remarks: This record may represent an undescribed species. Considering that only one specimen was collected, and that species in this genus appears to exhibit great variation, its taxonomic status is uncertain (Child 1997).
distribution
Distribution: Antarctica (Ross Sea); Patagonian shelf (Tierra del Fuego and Malvinas (Falkland) Islands); off La Plata River (Uruguay)? (Child 1995 a). Uruguayan records: Child (1997): RV Atlantis II, cruise 60, st. 242. Depth 4382 – 4402 m.