Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Colossendeoidea > Family Colossendeidae > Subfamily Colossendeinae > Genus Colossendeis

Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colossendeis*	Jarzynsky, 1870	accepted genus name
*Colossendeis angusta*	Sars, 1877	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis arcuata*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1885	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis bicincta*	Schimkewitsch, 1893	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis clavata*	Meinert, 1899	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis colossea*	Wilson, 1881	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis cucurbita*	Cole, 1909	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis glacialis*	Hodgson, 1907	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis gracilis*	Hoek, 1881	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis leptorhynchus*	Hoek, 1881	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis macerrima*	Wilson, 1881	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis microsetosa*	Hilton, 1943	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis minor*	Schimkewitsch, 1893	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis minuta*	Hoek, 1881	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis proboscidea*	(Sabine, 1824)	taxonomically included in
*Colossendeis tasmanica*	Staples, 2007	taxonomically included in
*Anomorhynchus*	Miers, 1881	synonym

Species group names

*Colossendeis japonica*	Hedgpeth, 1949	synonym
*Colossendeis leptorhynchus var. septentrionalis*	Caullery, 1896	synonym
*Colossendeis spei*	Pushkin, 1970	synonym
*Colossendeis villegentei*	Milne-Edwards, 1881	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 237
additional source	Child, C. A. 2009. Pycnogonida and Xiphosura (Cheliceriformes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 815–820 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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.
additional source	Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. Antarctic Science. 21(02): 99.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881. 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:134666