Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881

Bamber, Roger N, 2011, The male of Ascorhynchus constrictus Stock, 1997 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), with further new records of deep-sea pycnogonids from New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2787, pp. 55-67 : 61-62

Colossendeis macerrima Wilson, 1881

Hedgpeth, 1948, 273, fig. 50d (literature). Stock, 1979, 400–401; fig. 2 (literature). Nakamura & Child, 1991, 62 (synonymy). Bamber & Thurston, 1995, 144 (key), 148; fig. 9 D. Child 1995: 83–84. Child & Segonzac 1996: 674–675 (fig. 5, photo). Bamber, 2002, 720–723 (distinctions from C. minor and C. gardineri ). Veena et al., 2008, 20, table 1. Bamber, 2010, 52– 53; fig. 89.

Material. New Caledonia: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4748), station DW2076, 25°24’S 168°20’E, 27 X 2003, depth 618–700 m, Ride de Norfolk, Banc Zorro. S Samedi & Richer IRD coll. Solomon Islands: 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4749), station CP2176, 9°09.4’S 158°59.2’E, XI 2004, depth 600–875 m, Solomon Island, SW Russel. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4750), station CP2182, 08°47.0’S 159°37.9’E, XI 2004, depth 762–1060 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4751), station CP2195, 8°25.5’S 159°26.4’E, XI 2004, depth 543– 593 m, Solomon Island, SW Santa Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4752), station CP2196, 8°25.6’S 159°25.9’E, XI 2004, depth 724–765 m, Solomon Island, SW Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4753) and 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4754), station CP2197, 8°24.4’S 159°22.5’E, 24 X 2004, depth 897–1057 m, Solomon Island. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4755), station CP2218, 07°50.3’S 157°34.6’E, XI 2004, depth 582– 864 m, New Georgia. All Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.

Remarks. Colossendeis macerrima is a frequently-collected panoceanic species, recorded previously in the Melanesian region by Stock (1991 —Chesterfield Islands; 1997— Vanuatu) and Bamber (2004— Tonga).