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

Colossendeis Jarzynsky, 1870

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anomorhynchus*	Miers, 1881	synonym

Children

Colossendeis angusta Sars, 1877
Colossendeis arcuata A. Milne-Edwards, 1885
Colossendeis bicincta Schimkewitsch, 1893
Colossendeis clavata Meinert, 1899
Colossendeis colossea Wilson, 1881
Colossendeis cucurbita Cole, 1909
Colossendeis glacialis Hodgson, 1907
Colossendeis gracilis Hoek, 1881
Colossendeis leptorhynchus Hoek, 1881
Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881
Colossendeis microsetosa Hilton, 1943
Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893
Colossendeis minuta Hoek, 1881
Colossendeis proboscidea (Sabine, 1824)
Colossendeis tasmanica Staples, 2007

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オオウミグモ属

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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Colossendeis 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:134586