COLOSSENDEIDAE Hoek, 1881
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930601121783 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5229895 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DF87A8-FF89-C10C-FE53-C348FC620F31 |
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Felipe |
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COLOSSENDEIDAE Hoek, 1881 |
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Family COLOSSENDEIDAE Hoek, 1881 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Size usually very large; trunk strong, without tubercles; lateral processes well separated; proboscis usually longer than trunk, cylindrical, held horizontally but sometimes distally downcurved; chelifores absent in adults, except in two Antarctic genera, Decolpoda and Dodecolopoda ; palps long, nine- or 10-segmented; ovigers in both sexes, very long, 10- segmented, with strong functional strigilis having several rows of spines and terminal claw; legs usually very long, slender; auxiliary claws lacking. Cement gland unknown. Contains eight-, 10- and 12-legged forms. Colossendeids tend to inhabit cold water, occurring in deep water at low latitudes but sometimes more shallowly at high latitudes.
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