Genus Endeis Philippi, 1843

Museums

Regional Maps

• Endeis Philippi, A. 1843. Uber die Neapolitanischen Pycnogoniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1 9: 175-182 [175].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Afrotropical Region

• Cape Verde Islands
• Ghana
• Madagascar

Antarctic Region

• Subantarctic Islands
  • Kerguélen Island
  • South Georgia

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast
• Australian Antarctic Territory
• Hawaii
• Papua New Guinea

Neotropical Region

• Brazil

Oriental Region

• India
• Indonesia
• Philippines

Palaearctic Region

• Azores

Diagnosis

Trunk elongate, lateral processes short; most species with "collar" between neck and proboscis; chelifores and palps lacking; ovigers 7-segmented, without strigilis, special spines, with terminal claw; legs long, slender, tarsus short, propodus long, with strong auxiliary claws. Cement gland outlets one or two rows of tiny dorsal pores.

 

Taxonomic Notes

Key to the 13 valid species of Endeis (key based on adult male characters) is in Stock (1968, p. 59-60).