Colossendeis minor Schimkewitsch, 1893

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 minor Schimkewitsch, 1893

Stock, 1984b, 702–704; figs 1–6. Bamber & Thurston, 1995, 144 (key), 148; fig. 9 C. Bamber, 2000, 612. Bamber 2004a, 75–76. Bamber, 2010, 54–55; fig. 90.

Material. Solomon Islands: 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4756), station CP2180, 08°47.5’S 159°40.6’E, XI 2004, depth 708–828 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4757), station CP2181, 08°46.9’S 159°39.8’E, XI 2004, depth 645–840 m, Santa Isabel. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4758), station CP2182, 08°47.0’S 159°37.9’E, XI 2004, depth 762–1060 m, Santa Isabel. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4759), station CP2189, 08°19.6’S 160°01.9’E, XI 2004, depth 660–854 m, SE Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4760), station CP2214, 07°41.6’S 157°43.8’E, XI 2004, depth 550–682 m, NW Isabel. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4761), station CP2217, 07°49.3’S 157°41.2’E, XI 2004, depth 1045–1118 m, NW Isabel. 9 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007- 4762), station CP2219, 07°50.3’S 157°34.4’E, XI 2004, depth 650– 636 m, New Georgia. 2 specimens (MNHN- IU-2007-4763), station CP2230, 6°27.8’S 156°24.3’E, XI 2004, depth 837–945 m, Solomon Island, NW Choiseul. 1 specimen (MNHN-IU-2007-4764), station CP2232, 06°24.1’S 156°20.4’E, XI 2004, depth 1045–1207 m, NW Choiseul. 18 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4765), station CP2251, 07°27.9’S 156°14.0’E, XI 2004, depth 1000– 1050 m, Ile Salomon. 13 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4766), station CP2252, 07°28.4’S 156°17.5’E, 0 2 XI 2004, depth 1059–1109 m, Ile Salomon. 4 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4767), station CP2253, 07°26.5’S 156°15.0’E, 0 2 XI 2004, depth 1200–1218 m, Ile Salomon. 2 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4768), station CP2268, 07°48.7’S 156°53.3’E, XI 2004, depth 632–640 m, Vella Gulf. 3 specimens (MNHN-IU-2007-4769), station CP2297, 09°08.8’S 158°16.0’E, XI 2004, depth 728–777 m, Sud Gatokae. All Bouchet, Warén & Samedi-IRD coll.

Remarks. This member of the Colossendeis macerrima complex has been recorded previously in this region by Stock (1991) and Bamber (2000; 2004a; 2004b), from 850 to 2110 m. It is a widely distributed Indo-Pacific species known also from the North-east Atlantic, with a depth range of 850 to 4850 m.