Hedgpethia

Taxobox
name = "Hedgpethia"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Pycnogonida
familia = Colossendeidae
genus = "Hedgpethia"
genus_authority = Turpaeva, 1973
diversity_link = Hedgpethia
diversity = 12 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text"

"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.

It includes the following species [cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134587 |title="Hedgpethia" Turpaeva, 1973 |publisher=MarineSpecies.org |date=2006-09-13] :

*"Hedgpethia articulata" Loman, 1908 — Flores 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, 1988 — Indian 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

* PycnoBase: [http://www.marinespecies.org/pycnobase/aphia.php?p=browser&id=1358#ct Taxon tree]