Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch 1893

• Main Author: Bamber, Roger N
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Pycnogonida; Pantopoda; Colossendeidae; Colossendeis; Colossendeis minor; Pacific; Indian; Tonga; Thurston; Vella; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192811; https://zenodo.org/record/6192811

Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893 Stock, 1984 b, 702–704; figs 1–6. Bamber & Thurston, 1995, 144 (key), 148; fig. 9 C. Bamber, 2000, 612. Bamber 2004 a, 75–76. Bamber, 2010, 54– 55; fig. 90. Material. Solomon Islands: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU- 2007-4756), station CP2180, 08° 47.5 ’S 159 ° 40.6 ’E, XI 2004, depth 708–828 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4757), station CP2181, 08° 46.9 ’S 159 ° 39.8 ’E, XI 2004, depth 645–840 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4758), station CP2182, 08°47.0’S 159 ° 37.9 ’E, XI 2004, depth 762–1060 m, Santa Isabel. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4759), station CP2189, 08° 19.6 ’S 160 °01.9’E, XI 2004, depth 660–854 m, SE Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU- 2007-4760), station CP2214, 07° 41.6 ’S 157 ° 43.8 ’E, XI 2004, depth 550–682 m, NW Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU- 2007-4761), station CP2217, 07° 49.3 ’S 157 ° 41.2 ’E, XI 2004, depth 1045–1118 m, NW Isabel. 9 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007- 4762), station CP2219, 07° 50.3 ’S 157 ° 34.4 ’E, XI 2004, depth 650 – 636 m, New Georgia. 2 specimens (MNHN- IU- 2007-4763), station CP2230, 6° 27.8 ’S 156 ° 24.3 ’E, XI 2004, depth 837–945 m, Solomon Island, NW Choiseul. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU- 2007-4764), station CP2232, 06° 24.1 ’S 156 ° 20.4 ’E, XI 2004, depth 1045–1207 m, NW Choiseul. 18 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4765), station CP2251, 07° 27.9 ’S 156 °14.0’E, XI 2004, depth 1000– 1050 m, Ile Salomon. 13 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4766), station CP2252, 07° 28.4 ’S 156 ° 17.5 ’E, 0 2 XI 2004, depth 1059–1109 m, Ile Salomon. 4 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4767), station CP2253, 07° 26.5 ’S 156 °15.0’E, 0 2 XI 2004, depth 1200–1218 m, Ile Salomon. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4768), station CP2268, 07° 48.7 ’S 156 ° 53.3 ’E, XI 2004, depth 632–640 m, Vella Gulf. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU- 2007-4769), station CP2297, 09°08.8’S 158 °16.0’E, XI 2004, depth 728–777 m, Sud Gatokae. All Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll. Remarks. This member of the Colossendeis macerrima complex has been recorded previously in this region by Stock (1991) and Bamber (2000; 2004 a; 2004 b), from 850 to 2110 m. It is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific species known also from the North-east Atlantic, with a depth range of 850 to 4850 m. : Published as part of Bamber, Roger N, 2011, The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, pp. 55-67 in Zootaxa 2787 on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201969 : {"references": ["Stock, J. H. (1984 b) The deep-water Pycnogonida of the Safari Cruises to the Indian Ocean. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (4) 6 (sec. A) (3), 701 - 709.", "Bamber, R. N. & Thurston, M. H. (1995) The deep-water pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 115, 117 - 162.", "Bamber, R. N. (2000) Pycnogonida: pycnogonids from French cruises to New Caledonia, Fiji, Tahiti and the Marquesas. New records and new species. In: A. Crosnier (ed.). Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 21. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 184, 611 - 625.", "Bamber, R. N. (2004 a) Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga: new records and new species. In: Marshall, B. & Richer de Forges, B. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos, Vol. 23. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 191, 73 - 83.", "Stock, J. H. (1991) 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.", "Bamber, R. N. (2004 b) Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French cruises to Melanesia. Zootaxa, 551, 1 - 27."]}