Hedgpethia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Pycnogonida
Ordo: Pantopoda
Familia: Colossendeidae

Genus: Hedgpethia
Species: H. articulata - H. atlantica - H. bicornis - H. brevitarsis - H. californica - H. calva - H. caudata - H. chitinosa - H. dampieri - H. dofleini - H. magnirostris - H. nasica - H. spinosa – H. tibialis
References
Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Takahashi, Y.; Kajihara, H.; Mawatari, S.F. 2012: A new species of Hedgpethia (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae) from southwestern Japan. ZooKeys 175: 69-74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.175.2612

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 :[1]

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

"Hedgpethia Turpaeva, 1973". MarineSpecies.org. 2006-09-13.