''Hedgpethia'' is a

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sea spider Sea spiders are marine arthropods of the class (biology), class Pycnogonida, hence they are also called pycnogonids (; named after ''Pycnogonum'', the type genus; with the suffix '). The class includes the only now-living order (biology), order P ...

, in the family

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. The genus was named after the

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and sea spider specialist

Joel Hedgpeth Joel Walker Hedgpeth (September 29, 1911 – July 28, 2006) was a marine biologist, environmentalist and author. He was an expert on the marine arthropods known as sea spiders (Pycnogonida), and on the seashore plant and animal life of southern ...

. It includes the following species : *'' Hedgpethia articulata'' Loman, 1908 —

Flores Sea The Flores Sea covers of water in Indonesia. The sea is bounded on the north by the island of Celebes and on the south by Sunda Islands, the Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Geography The seas that border the Flores Sea are the Bali Sea ...

*'' Hedgpethia atlantica'' (Stock, 1970) — Josephine Bank, Northwest Africa *'' Hedgpethia bicornis'' Losina-Losinsky and Turpaeva, 1958 — Pacific Ocean: southeast of

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, Okhotsk Sea *'' Hedgpethia brevitarsis'' Losina-Losinsky and Turpaeva, 1958 —

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*'' 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

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, Australia *'' Hedgpethia dofleini'' Loman, 1911 — Pacific Ocean:

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Sagami Bay lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the i ...

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*'' Hedgpethia magnirostris'' Arnaud and Child, 1988 —

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

: Zululand area,

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*'' Hedgpethia nasica'' Child, 1994 — Pacific Ocean: west of Point Arguelo,

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(on otter trawl) *'' Hedgpethia tibialis'' Stock, 1991 — New Caledonia

References

* PycnoBase
Taxon tree
Pycnogonid genera {{Chelicerata-stub