| Hedgpethia | |
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.jpeg.webp) | |
| Hedgpethia tibialis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Pycnogonida |
| Order: | Pantopoda |
| Family: | Colossendeidae |
| Genus: | Hedgpethia Turpaeva, 1973 |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Diversity | |
| 12 species | |
Hedgpethia is a genus of sea spider, in the family Colossendeidae. The genus was named after the marine biologist and sea spider specialist Joel Hedgpeth.
It includes the following species :[1]
- Hedgpethia articulata Loman, 1908 — Flores Sea
- Hedgpethia atlantica (Stock, 1970) — Josephine Bank, Northwest Africa
- Hedgpethia bicornis Losina-Losinsky and Turpaeva, 1958 — Pacific Ocean: southeast of Kuril Islands, Okhotsk Sea
- Hedgpethia brevitarsis Losina-Losinsky and Turpaeva, 1958 — Okhotsk Sea
- Hedgpethia californica Hedgpeth, 1939 — Pacific Ocean: South California (in green mud)
- Hedgpethia caudata Turpaeva, 1993 — Pacific Ocean, 3,000 m deep
- Hedgpethia chitinosa Hilton, 1943 — Pacific Ocean: California coast
- Hedgpethia dampieri Child, 1975 — Indian Ocean: west of Lancelin Island, Australia
- Hedgpethia dofleini Loman, 1911 — Pacific Ocean: Misaki, Sagami Bay, Japan
- Hedgpethia magnirostris Arnaud and Child, 1988 — Indian Ocean: Zululand area, South Africa
- Hedgpethia nasica Child, 1994 — Pacific Ocean: west of Point Arguelo, California (on otter trawl)
- Hedgpethia tibialis Stock, 1991 — New Caledonia
References
- ↑ "Hedgpethia Turpaeva, 1973". MarineSpecies.org. 2006-09-13.
- PycnoBase: Taxon tree
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