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Colossendeis pipetta Stock 1991

Description

Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991

Stock, 1991a, 164–166, fig. 28.

Material: New Caledonia: 4 specimens (MNHN­Py 1003), Alis Norfolk 1; 2 specimens (NHM,2003.635–636), station CP15, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne LITHIST banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º40.4'S 168º15.0'E, 389–404 m; 12/08/1999, coll. Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1010), station DW 187, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne SMIB 8, Banc Azteque, 23º17.7'S 168º05.6'E, 390–540 m; 31/01/1993. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1012), station DW1651, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º27.3'S 167º50.4'E, 276– 350 m; 19/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1014), station DW1653, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º28'S 167º51'E, 328–340 m; 19/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1015), station DW1657, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º28'S 167º52'E, 305–332 m; 19/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­ IRD. 2 specimens (MNHN­Py 1016), station CP1669, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º39'S 168º01'E, 302–325 m; 21/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1017), station CP1671, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º41'S 168º00'E, 320–397 m; 21/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1019), station DW1709, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º42'S 168º16'E, 380–389 m; 25/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1023), station DW1729, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc P, 23º20'S 168º16'E, 340–619 m; 27/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD.

Remarks: A species with a proboscis characteristically tapering to a tubular distal third, and with a tarsus about twice as long as its propodus, recorded from numerous samples around New Caledonia, the Loyalty and Chesterfield Islands, and Fiji (Stock 1991a; 1997; Bamber 2004), with a depth range of 270 to 1475 m. Its distinctions from the similar Colossendeis sinuosa are discussed under that species below.

Notes

Published as part of Bamber, Roger N., 2004, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French Cruises to Melanesia, pp. 1-27 in Zootaxa 551 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157770

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Colossendeidae
Genus
Colossendeis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Pantopoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stock
Species
pipetta
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991 sec. Bamber, 2004

References

  • Stock, J. H. (1991 a) Deep-water Pycnogonida from the surroundings of New Caledonia. In: A. CROSNIER (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol 8. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (A), 151, 125 - 212.
  • Stock, J. H. (1997) Pycnogonida collected in recent years around New Caledonia and Vanuatu. In: A. CROSNIER (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol 18. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (A), 176, 389 - 409.
  • Bamber, R. N. (2004) Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from New Caledonia and Fiji: new records and new species. In: Marshall, B. & Richer de Forges, B. (eds), Tropical Deep Sea Benthos, Volume 23. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 191, 73 - 83.