Colossendeis colossea
Colossendeis colossea is a species of sea spider in the family Colossendeidae. The species was first described by Edmund B. Wilson in 1881. It is the largest pycnogonid species known to science, reaching a leg span of. Body length, including proboscis and abdomen, can reach.
Colossendeis colossea is a deep-water species inhabiting continental slopes at depths between m. It has a semi-cosmopolitan distribution in all main oceans apart from the Arctic Ocean.