Colossendeis colossea

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Colossendeis colossea is a species of sea spider (class Pycnogonida) in the family Colossendeidae. The species was first described by Edmund B. Wilson in 1881.{{cite WoRMS|title=Colossendeis colossea|id=134663 |db=Pycnobase |access-date=4 March 2024}} It is the largest pycnogonid species known to science, reaching a leg span of {{convert|70|cm|abbr=on}}. Body length, including proboscis and abdomen, can reach {{convert|7|cm|abbr=on}}.

Colossendeis colossea is a deep-water species inhabiting continental slopes at depths between {{convert|420|and|5200|m|abbr=on}} m. It has a semi-cosmopolitan distribution in all main oceans apart from the Arctic Ocean.

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{{cite journal |last1=Vinu |first1=Jacob |last2=Rajeesh Kumar |first2=M. P. |last3=Sumod |first3=K. S. |last4=Deepa |first4=K. P. |last5=Hashim |first5=M. |last6=Sanjeevan |first6=V. N. |last7=Sudhakar |first7=M. |title=First record of deep-sea gigantic pycnogonid Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881 from the Western Indian Ocean |journal=Marine Biodiversity |date=2016 |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=495–498 |doi=10.1007/s12526-015-0373-1}}

{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Edmund B. |year=1881 |title=Report on the Pycnogonidae. Reports on the Results of Dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, along the east coast of the United States during the summer of 1880, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Commander JR Bartlett, U. S. N., Commanding |journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=239–256 |doi= |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/69065 }}

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Category:Pycnogonids

Category:Arthropods of the Atlantic Ocean

Category:Arthropods of the Indian Ocean

Category:Arthropods of the Pacific Ocean

Category:Fauna of the Southern Ocean

Category:Animals described in 1881