WoRMS taxon details
Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881
173198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173198)
accepted
Species
Colossendeis arundorostris Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 · unaccepted
Colossendeis frigida Hodgson, 1907 · unaccepted
Colossendeis orcadense Hodgson, 1909 · unaccepted
Colossendeis rugosa Hodgson, 1907 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2026). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173198 on 2026-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Colossendeis arundorostris Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969) Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. (1969). The fauna of the Ross Sea Part 7. Pycnogonida, 1. Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 198: 1-139. [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 21(02): 99. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410200800151x [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. <em>Antarctic Science.</em> 21(02): 99. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s095410200800151x [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type, geounit South Atlantic [details]
From editor or global species database
Habitat Bottom of the sea, sand. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat slope [details]
To Barcode of Life (477 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Colossendeis rugosa Hodgson, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Colossendeis frigida Hodgson, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colossendeis megalonyx)
To GenBank (648 nucleotides; 560 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colossendeis megalonyx (1) 1122996)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colossendeis megalonyx 1122996)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Colossendeis rugosa Hodgson, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Colossendeis frigida Hodgson, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Colossendeis megalonyx)
To GenBank (648 nucleotides; 560 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colossendeis megalonyx (1) 1122996)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Colossendeis megalonyx 1122996)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
