Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991

Bamber, Roger N., 2004, Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French Cruises to Melanesia, Zootaxa 551, pp. 1-27 : 17

Colossendeis pipetta Stock, 1991

Stock, 1991a, 164–166, fig. 28.

Material: New Caledonia: 4 specimens (MNHN­Py 1003), Alis Norfolk 1; 2 specimens (NHM,2003.635–636), station CP15, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne LITHIST banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º40.4'S 168º15.0'E, 389–404 m; 12/08/1999, coll. Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1010), station DW 187, N/ O 'Alis' Campagne SMIB 8, Banc Azteque, 23º17.7'S 168º05.6'E, 390–540 m; 31/01/1993. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1012), station DW1651, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º27.3'S 167º50.4'E, 276– 350 m; 19/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1014), station DW1653, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º28'S 167º51'E, 328–340 m; 19/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1015), station DW1657, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc N, 23º28'S 167º52'E, 305–332 m; 19/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­ IRD. 2 specimens (MNHN­Py 1016), station CP1669, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º39'S 168º01'E, 302–325 m; 21/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1017), station CP1671, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º41'S 168º00'E, 320–397 m; 21/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1019), station DW1709, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc Jumeau Ouest, 23º42'S 168º16'E, 380–389 m; 25/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD. 1 specimen (MNHN­Py 1023), station DW1729, Ride de Norfolk. N/ O 'Alis' Campagne NORFOLK 1. Banc P, 23º20'S 168º16'E, 340–619 m; 27/06/2001, coll. Lozouet, Boissellier, Richer­IRD.

Remarks: A species with a proboscis characteristically tapering to a tubular distal third, and with a tarsus about twice as long as its propodus, recorded from numerous samples around New Caledonia, the Loyalty and Chesterfield Islands, and Fiji ( Stock 1991a; 1997; Bamber 2004), with a depth range of 270 to 1475 m. Its distinctions from the similar Colossendeis sinuosa are discussed under that species below.