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Family: Colossendeidae



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102 species
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Colossendeis acuta
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Colossendeis adelpha
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Max. Length 10 cm LS

 
Colossendeis angusta
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Colossendeis arcanus
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Colossendeis arcuata
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Colossendeis australis
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Colossendeis avidus
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Colossendeis belekurovi
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Colossendeis bicincta
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Colossendeis bouvetensis
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Colossendeis brevirostris
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Colossendeis bruuni
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Colossendeis clavata
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Max. Length 70 cm LS

 
Colossendeis colossea
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Colossendeis concedis
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Max. Length 2 cm BASL

 
Colossendeis cucurbita
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Colossendeis curtirostris
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Max. Length 21.3 cm LS

 
Colossendeis dalli
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Colossendeis drakei
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Colossendeis elephantis
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Colossendeis enigmatica
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Colossendeis fijigrypos
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Colossendeis fragilis
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Colossendeis gardineri
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Colossendeis geoffroyi
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Colossendeis gibbosa
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Colossendeis glacialis
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Colossendeis gracilis
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Colossendeis grassa
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Colossendeis grassus
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Colossendeis hoeki
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Colossendeis insolita
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Colossendeis japonica
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Colossendeis korotkevitschi
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Colossendeis kurtchatovi
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Colossendeis leniensis
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Colossendeis leptorhynchus
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Colossendeis longirostris
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Colossendeis losinskii
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Colossendeis macerrima
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Colossendeis media
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Antarctic and Indo-West P
Max. Length 1.6 cm TRKL
Colossendeis megalonyx Hoek, 1881

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Colossendeis megalonyx
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Colossendeis melancholicus
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Colossendeis mica
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Colossendeis microsetosa
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Colossendeis minor
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Colossendeis minuta
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Colossendeis mycterismos
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Colossendeis nasuta
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Colossendeis notialis
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Colossendeis oculifera
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Colossendeis pedunculata
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Colossendeis peloria
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Colossendeis pipetta
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Colossendeis potentis
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Colossendeis proboscidea
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Colossendeis pseudochelata
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Antarctic and Pacific.

Colossendeis robusta Hoek, 1881

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Colossendeis robusta
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Colossendeis rostrata
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Colossendeis scoresbii
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Colossendeis scotti
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Colossendeis sinuosa
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Max. Length 28.5 cm LS

 
Colossendeis spicula
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Colossendeis stramenti
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Colossendeis tasmanica
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Colossendeis tenera
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Colossendeis tenuipedis
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Colossendeis tethya
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Colossendeis tortipalpis
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Colossendeis vityazi
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Colossendeis weddellensis
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Colossendeis wilsoni
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Decolopoda antarctica
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Antarctic and Pacific.

Decolopoda australis Eights, 1835

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Decolopoda australis
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Decolopoda qasimi
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Antarctic Indian and Atla
Max. Length 1.8 cm TRKL
Dodecolopoda mawsoni Calman & Gordon, 1933

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Dodecolopoda mawsoni
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Dodecolopoda quasimi
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Hedgpethia articulata
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Hedgpethia atlantica
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Hedgpethia bicornis
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Hedgpethia brevitarsis
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Hedgpethia californica
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Hedgpethia caudata
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Hedgpethia chitinosa
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Hedgpethia dampieri
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Hedgpethia dofleini
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Hedgpethia magnirostris
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Hedgpethia nasica
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Hedgpethia spinosa
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Hedgpethia tibialis
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Pentacolossendeis reticulata
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Rhopalorhynchus cinclus
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Rhopalorhynchus claudus
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Rhopalorhynchus clavipes
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Rhopalorhynchus filipes
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Rhopalorhynchus gracillimus
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Rhopalorhynchus kroeyeri
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Rhopalorhynchus lomani
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Rhopalorhynchus mortenseni
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Rhopalorhynchus pedunculatus
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Rhopalorhynchus sibogae
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Rhopalorhynchus tenuissimus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Colossendeis acuta Antarctic Pacific 1993
Colossendeis adelpha Antarctic Pacific 1998
Colossendeis angusta Arctic, Northern Atlantic 10 LS 1877
Colossendeis arcanus Arctic, Northern Atlantic 2008
Colossendeis arcuata Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 1885
Colossendeis australis Indo-West Pacific, South 1907
Colossendeis avidus Antarctic. 1970
Colossendeis belekurovi Antarctic Indian Ocean 1993
Colossendeis bicincta Northeast Atlantic and We 1893
Colossendeis bouvetensis Antarctic Ocean. 2015
Colossendeis brevirostris Antarctic Pacific 1995
Colossendeis bruuni Southwest Pacific 1956
Colossendeis clavata Atlantic Ocean 1899
Colossendeis colossea Arctic Ocean, Northeast A 70 LS 1881
Colossendeis concedis Arctic Ocean, Northeast A 1995
Colossendeis cucurbita Antarctic, Northern Atlan 2 BASL 1909
Colossendeis curtirostris Southeast Atlantic 1963
Colossendeis dalli Northwest Pacific 21.3 LS 1995
Colossendeis drakei Southwest Atlantic, Easte 1915
Colossendeis elephantis Southwest Atlantic, Easte 1995
Colossendeis enigmatica Southern Atlantic and Ant 1974
Colossendeis fijigrypos Western Central Pacific 2004
Colossendeis fragilis Antarctic Pacific 1993
Colossendeis gardineri Western Indian Ocean and 1907
Colossendeis geoffroyi Southwest Atlantic 1944
Colossendeis gibbosa Southwest Atlantic 1902
Colossendeis glacialis Antarctic Pacific 1907
Colossendeis gracilis Antarctic Indian Ocean 1881
Colossendeis grassa Antarctic Pacific 1993
Colossendeis grassus Antarctic Pacific 1993
Colossendeis hoeki Southwest Pacific and the 1944
Colossendeis insolita Southern Atlantic. 1993
Colossendeis japonica Northern Pacific 1898
Colossendeis korotkevitschi Antarctic 1984
Colossendeis kurtchatovi Antarctic Pacific and Atl 1993
Colossendeis leniensis Indian Ocean and the Anta 1993
Colossendeis leptorhynchus Antarctic and Western Cen 1881
Colossendeis longirostris Indo-West Pacific and Ant 1938
Colossendeis losinskii Indo-West Pacific and Ant 2002
Colossendeis macerrima Eastern Atlantic and Indo 1881
Colossendeis media Antarctic Atlantic, South 1881
Colossendeis megalonyx Antarctic and Indo-West P 1.6 TRKL 1881
Colossendeis melancholicus Western Central Atlantic 1975
Colossendeis mica Indian Ocean and the Anta 1970
Colossendeis microsetosa Pacific Ocean 1943
Colossendeis minor Northeast Atlantic and Pa 1893
Colossendeis minuta Japan, Atlantic and Pacif 1881
Colossendeis mycterismos Western Pacific 2004
Colossendeis nasuta Northwest Pacific 1949
Colossendeis notialis Antarctic Indian Ocean 1995
Colossendeis oculifera Southeast Atlantic 1963
Colossendeis pedunculata Southeast Atlantic 1993
Colossendeis peloria Eastern Pacific 1994
Colossendeis pipetta Indo-West Pacific 1991
Colossendeis potentis Indo-West Pacific 2008
Colossendeis proboscidea Arctic and Northeast Atla 1824
Colossendeis pseudochelata Antarctic Atlantic 1993
Colossendeis robusta Antarctic and Pacific. 1881
Colossendeis rostrata Eastern Central Atlantic 1994
Colossendeis scoresbii Southwest and Antarctic P 1932
Colossendeis scotti Atlantic and Pacific Anta 1915
Colossendeis sinuosa Western Central Pacific 1997
Colossendeis spicula Northeast Pacific 28.5 LS 1994
Colossendeis stramenti Southwest Atlantic 1969
Colossendeis tasmanica Eastern Indian Ocean 2007
Colossendeis tenera Eastern Pacific 1943
Colossendeis tenuipedis Antarctic 1993
Colossendeis tethya Antarctic. 1974
Colossendeis tortipalpis Southwest Pacific and Ant 1932
Colossendeis vityazi Northern Pacific. 1973
Colossendeis weddellensis Northern Pacific. 2008
Colossendeis wilsoni The Antarctic 1915
Decolopoda antarctica Southwest Atlantic and th 1905
Decolopoda australis Antarctic and Pacific. 1835
Decolopoda qasimi Antarctic and Pacific. 1993
Dodecolopoda mawsoni Antarctic Indian and Atla 1.8 TRKL 1933
Dodecolopoda quasimi Antarctic Indian and Atla 1993
Hedgpethia articulata Pacific Ocean 1908
Hedgpethia atlantica Mediterranean, Northeast 1970
Hedgpethia bicornis Northwest Pacific 1958
Hedgpethia brevitarsis Northwest Pacific 1958
Hedgpethia californica Eastern Pacific 1939
Hedgpethia caudata Pacific Ocean. 1993
Hedgpethia chitinosa Western Central Atlantic 1943
Hedgpethia dampieri Eastern Indian Ocean 1975
Hedgpethia dofleini Northwest Pacific 1911
Hedgpethia magnirostris Western Indian Ocean 1988
Hedgpethia nasica Eastern Central Pacific 1994
Hedgpethia spinosa Northwest Pacific 2012
Hedgpethia tibialis Indo-West Pacific 1991
Pentacolossendeis reticulata Western Central Atlantic 1943
Rhopalorhynchus cinclus Western Central Pacific 2001
Rhopalorhynchus claudus Western Central Atlantic 1975
Rhopalorhynchus clavipes Central Indo-West Pacific 1893
Rhopalorhynchus filipes Melanesia and the East In 1991
Rhopalorhynchus gracillimus Western Indian Ocean 1907
Rhopalorhynchus kroeyeri Central Indo-West Pacific 1873
Rhopalorhynchus lomani Indo-West Pacific 1958
Rhopalorhynchus mortenseni Central Indo-West Pacific 1958
Rhopalorhynchus pedunculatus Western Indian Ocean 1957
Rhopalorhynchus sibogae Central Indo-West Pacific 1958
Rhopalorhynchus tenuissimus Indo-West Pacific 1884



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