Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Colossendeoidea

Colossendeidae Jarzynsky, 1870

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Colossendeinae Jarzynsky, 1870
Hedgpethiinae Pushkin, 1990
Notoendeis Hodgson, 1915

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オオウミグモ科

Literature

basis of record	Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.
additional source	Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp.
identification resource	Child C.A. (1995). Antarctic and Subantarctic Pycnogonida. 3. The family Nymphonidae. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXIII. , 1-68.
identification resource	Fry, W.G.; Hedgpeth, J.W. (1969). The fauna of the Ross Sea Part 7. Pycnogonida, 1. Colossendeidae, Pycnogonidae, Endeidae, Ammotheidae. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin. 198: 1-139.
identification resource	Hedgpeth, J. W., 1948. The Pycnogonida of the western North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 97 (3216): 157-342; 4-53, 3 charts.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Colossendeidae Jarzynsky, 1870. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22617