Hedgpethia spinosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colossendeidae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Pycnogonida Ordo: Pantopoda Familia: Colossendeidae

Genus: Hedgpethia
Species: Hedgpethia spinosa

Name

• Hedgpethia spinosa Takahashi, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012

Holotype: ZIHU 3335, ♂, collected by plankton net in a beam trawl [inner net sensu Akiyama et al. (2008)], S. Ohtsuka leg.

Type locality: 30°08.90'N, 130°38.04'E, south of Yaku Island, Kagoshima, 26 May 2005, 197–207 m depth.

Etymology: The name refers to the spines on first coxae, anterior trunk margin, and terminal claw of oviger.

References

• Takahashi, Y., Kajihara, H. & Mawatari, S.F. 2012. A new species of Hedgpethia (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae) from southwestern Japan. ZooKeys 175: 69–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.175.2612 .