Colossendeis

Colossendeis mocerrima Wilson

Colossendeis mocerrima Wilson, 1881:246–247, pl. 1: fig. 2, pl.3: figs. 9–12, pl. 5: fig. 32.—Hedgpeth, 1948:273, fig. 50d [literature].—Stock, 1953b: 308–311, fig. 17e–h.—Barnard, 1954:85.—Stock, 1963:326; 1978b:400– 401, fig. 2M.

Colossendeis villegentei A. Milne-Edwards, 1881:933.

Colossendeis leptorhynchus var. septentrionalis Caullery, 1896: 362–363.

Colossendeis japonica.—Hedgpeth, 1949:299–300, fig. 46a–d.—Fage, 1956c:176. [Not C. japonica Hoek, 1898:295–296, pl. III: figs. 11–13.]

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—HONSHU: Sanriku-oki, off Hachinoe, 40°22.4′N, 143°24.0′E, 1970–2000 m, KH81-4, sta 3, 10 Jul 1981 (2 adults, 2 juv); 38°45.6′N, 143°11.5′E, 1950–1970 m, KH81-4, sta 8, 25 Jul 1981 (5 adults, 2 juv); 39°13.3′N, 143°16.2′E, 562–562 m, KT85-11, sta 15, 14 Aug 1985 (1 juv). Shikoku, center of Tosa Bay, 500 m, 19 Aug 1987 (1).

DISTRIBUTION.—Like the species above, this is another often-collected cosmopolitan deep-water species.

DISTRIBUTION.—This species is known from Sagami Bay to the Gulf of Alaska in depths of 290 to 563 meters.

Colossendeis is a genus of sea spider (class Pycnogonida) belonging to the family Colossendeidae.

The genus Colossendeis includes the largest pycnogonids, with leg spans of about 40–50 centimetres (16–20 in). These sea spiders can be found in deep-sea.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.

Known from seamounts and knolls