# Hedgpethia

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{{Short description|Genus of sea spiders}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = ''Hedgpethia''
| image = Hedgpethia tibialis (MNHN-IU-2007-4582).jpeg
| image_caption = ''Hedgpethia tibialis''
| taxon = Hedgpethia
| authority = Turpaeva, 1973
| diversity_link = 
| diversity = 12 species
| subdivision_ranks = [Species](/source/Species)
| subdivision = ''See text''
}}

'''''Hedgpethia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea spider](/source/sea_spider)s in the family [Colossendeidae](/source/Colossendeidae). The genus was named after the [marine biologist](/source/marine_biologist) and sea spider specialist [Joel Hedgpeth](/source/Joel_Hedgpeth).

It includes the following species&nbsp;:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134587 |title=''Hedgpethia'' Turpaeva, 1973 |publisher=[MarineSpecies.org](/source/MarineSpecies.org) |date=2006-09-13}}</ref>

*''[Hedgpethia articulata](/source/Hedgpethia_articulata)'' <small>Loman, 1908</small> — [Flores Sea](/source/Flores_Sea)
*''[Hedgpethia atlantica](/source/Hedgpethia_atlantica)'' <small>(Stock, 1970)</small> — [Josephine Bank](/source/Josephine_Bank), Northwest Africa
*''[Hedgpethia bicornis](/source/Hedgpethia_bicornis)'' <small>Losina-Losinsky and Turpaeva, 1958</small> — Pacific Ocean: southeast of [Kuril Islands](/source/Kuril_Islands), Okhotsk Sea
*''[Hedgpethia brevitarsis](/source/Hedgpethia_brevitarsis)'' <small>Losina-Losinsky and Turpaeva, 1958</small> — [Okhotsk Sea](/source/Okhotsk_Sea)
*''[Hedgpethia californica](/source/Hedgpethia_californica)'' <small>Hedgpeth, 1939</small> — Pacific Ocean: South California (in green mud)
*''[Hedgpethia caudata](/source/Hedgpethia_caudata)'' <small>Turpaeva, 1993</small> — Pacific Ocean, 3,000 m deep
*''[Hedgpethia chitinosa](/source/Hedgpethia_chitinosa)'' <small>Hilton, 1943</small> — Pacific Ocean: California coast
*''[Hedgpethia dampieri](/source/Hedgpethia_dampieri)'' <small>Child, 1975</small> — Indian Ocean: west of [Lancelin Island](/source/Lancelin_Island), Australia
*''[Hedgpethia dofleini](/source/Hedgpethia_dofleini)'' <small>Loman, 1911</small> — Pacific Ocean: [Misaki](/source/Misaki), [Sagami Bay](/source/Sagami_Bay), [Japan](/source/Japan)
*''[Hedgpethia magnirostris](/source/Hedgpethia_magnirostris)'' <small>Arnaud and Child, 1988</small> — [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean): Zululand area, [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
*''[Hedgpethia nasica](/source/Hedgpethia_nasica)'' <small>Child, 1994</small> — Pacific Ocean: west of [Point Arguelo](/source/Point_Arguelo), [California](/source/California) (on otter trawl)
*''[Hedgpethia tibialis](/source/Hedgpethia_tibialis)'' <small>Stock, 1991</small> — New Caledonia

==References==
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* PycnoBase: [http://www.marinespecies.org/pycnobase/aphia.php?p=browser&id=1358#ct Taxon tree]

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Category:Sea spider genera

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