Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991

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 : 62

Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991

Stock, 1991, 164–166, fig. 28. Stock, 1997, 398. Bamber, 2004a, 76. Bamber, 2004b, 17 (distribution).

Material. New Caledonia: 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4770), station DW2024, 23°28’S 167°51’E, 21 X 2003, depth 370–371 m, Ride de Norfolk, Banc Brachiopode. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4771), station CP2048, 23°44’S 168°16’E, 24 X 2003, depth 380–385 m, Ride de Norfolk, Banc Jumeau Est. Both Lozonet, Samedi & Richer-IRD coll.

Remarks. This species has a proboscis characteristically tapering to a tubular distal third. It is currently endemic to the Melanesian region, having been recorded from numerous samples around New Caledonia, the Loyalty and Chesterfield Islands, and Fiji ( Stock 1991a; 1997; Bamber 2004a; 2004b), in a depth range of 270 to 1475 m. Its distinctions from the similar Colossendeis sinuosa (see below) were discussed by Bamber (2004b).