| Dodecolopoda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Pycnogonida |
| Order: | Pantopoda |
| Family: | Colossendeidae |
| Genus: | Dodecolopoda Calman & Gordon, 1933 |
| Species: | D. mawsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Dodecolopoda mawsoni Calman & Gordon, 1933
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Dodecolopoda is a monotypic genus of sea spider (class Pycnogonida) in the family Colossendeidae.[1] The only species in this genus is Dodecolopoda mawsoni.[1] This species is notable as one of only two species of sea spider with six pairs of legs (instead of the usual four leg pairs) and the first such species to be discovered.[2][3]
- ^ a b "PycnoBase - Dodecolopoda Calman & Gordon, 1933". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ Crooker, Allen (2008). "Sea Spiders (Pycnogonida)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Dordrecht, NL: Springer Netherlands. pp. 3321–3335. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6359-6_4098. ISBN 978-1-4020-6359-6.
- ^ Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1947). "On the evolutionary significance of the Pycnogonida". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 106 (18): 1–53. hdl:10088/22801 – via Smithsonian Research Online.