Colossendeidae
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Colossendeidae is a family of sea spiders. This family includes more than 100 species distributed among six genera. These sea spiders inhabit the deep sea mostly but are also found in shallower waters
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Dodecolopoda
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Dodecolopoda is a monotypic genus of sea spider in the family Colossendeidae. The only species in this genus is Dodecolopoda mawsoni. This species is notable as one of only two species of sea spider w
Colossendeidae
…of legs in adults, except for three species, Decolopoda australis, D. qasimi, and Pentacolossendeis reticulata, with five leg pairs, and one species, Dodecolopoda mawsoni, with six leg pairs. Colossendeids typically have no chelifores, except in the extra-legged species which have robust pincers and 2-segmented scapes…
Dodecolopoda mawsoni