Sea Spiders of the Genus Colossendeis (Colossendeidae, Pycnogonida) from the Weddell Sea and Adjacent Waters

• Main Authors: Elena P. Turpaeva, Alexey C. Rajsky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Siberian Federal University 2013
• Subjects: Pycnogonida; identification key for the subspecies of Colossendeis megalonyx; speciation in the Weddell Sea; Biotechnology; TP248.13-248.65; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Weddell Sea; Pacific; Indian; Weddell; Hoek
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/e4e6ad5cbff34c239e6d5d90aab1b761

Seventeen species and five subspecies of Colossendeis were sampled during the expeditions of R/V Polarstern ANT XIII/3 and ANT XVII/3 in 1996 and 2000 in the Weddell Sea. Polytypical species C. megalonyx Hoek, 1881 was frequently met in this collection. Subspecies C. megalonyx megalonyx was numerous...