Hedgpethia

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.

Hedgpethia
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Hedgpethia

Turpaeva, 1973
Species

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Diversity
12 species

It includes the following species :[1]

  • Hedgpethia articulata Loman, 1908Flores 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, 1988Indian 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

  1. "Hedgpethia Turpaeva, 1973". MarineSpecies.org. 2006-09-13.


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