Colossendeis minor Sea Spider

Colossendeis minor is commonly referred to as Sea Spider. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Simon Grove, Australia

Sea-spider Colossendeis minor from the Tasmanian seamounts, being sorted on board the RV Investigator, 2018 - CC BY Simon Grove

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lexID:: 16895
AphiaID:: 134667

Scientific:: Colossendeis minor
German:: Seespinne, Asselspinne
English:: Sea Spider

Category:: Chelicerates

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Colossendeidae (Family) > Colossendeis (Genus) > minor (Species)
Initial determination:: Schimkewitsch, 1893

Occurrence:: Australia, China, Columbia, Ecuador, European Coasts, Indo Pacific, New Caledonia, Northeast Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Panama, Solomon Islands, Tasmania (Australia)
Marine Zone:: Bathypelagial
The bathypelagial ranges from 1000 to 4000 meters depth.
The pressure in this depth zone is up to approx. 400 bar (4,000 tons per square meter or 400 kg per square centimeter.
There is no light left, only fish and bacteria can produce light in the form of bioluminescence.
Sea depth:: 850 - 4850 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1,7 cm
Temperature:: 1,9 °F - 2,8 °F (1,9°C - 2,8°C)
Food:: Carnivore
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Colossendeis acuta
Colossendeis angusta
Colossendeis aperta
Colossendeis arcuata
Colossendeis australis
Colossendeis avida
Colossendeis bicincta
Colossendeis bruuni
Colossendeis clavata
Colossendeis colossea
Colossendeis cucurbita
Colossendeis curtirostris
Colossendeis dalli
Colossendeis drakei
Colossendeis enigmatica
Colossendeis fijigrypos
Colossendeis fragilis
Colossendeis gardineri
Colossendeis geoffroyi
Colossendeis gibbosa
Colossendeis glacialis
Colossendeis grassa
Colossendeis hoeki
Colossendeis insolita
Colossendeis japonica
Colossendeis korotkevitschi
Colossendeis kurtchatovi
Colossendeis leninensis
Colossendeis leptorhynchus
Colossendeis longirostris
Colossendeis losinskii
Colossendeis macerrima
Colossendeis media
Colossendeis megalonyx
Asselspinne
Colossendeis melancholicus
Colossendeis mica
Colossendeis microsetosa
Colossendeis minor
Seespinne, Asselspinne
Colossendeis minuta
Colossendeis nasuta
Colossendeis oculifera
Colossendeis pedunculata
Colossendeis peloria
Colossendeis pipetta
Colossendeis proboscidea
Colossendeis robusta
Colossendeis rostrata
Colossendeis scoresbii
Colossendeis scotti
Colossendeis spicula
Colossendeis stramenti
Colossendeis subminuta
Colossendeis tenera
Colossendeis tenuipedis
Colossendeis tethya
Colossendeis tortipalpis
Colossendeis vityazi
Colossendeis wilsoni

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-10-22 14:43:01
Last edit:: 2024-10-22 15:05:25

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Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893

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

Synonymised names
Colossendeis macerrima minor Schimkewitsch, 1893 · unaccepted

External links

Atlas of Living Australia (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2024.
sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2024.
treatment.plazi (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2024.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 22.10.2024.

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Sea-spider Colossendeis minor from the Tasmanian seamounts, being sorted on board the RV Investigator, 2018 - CC BY Simon Grove

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