Hedgpethia

Hedgpethia is a genus of sea spiders in the family Colossendeidae. The genus was named after the marine biologist and sea spider specialist Joel Hedgpeth.

It includes the following species : 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