Pentapycnon charcoti

Pentapycnon charcoti
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Pycnogonidae
Genus: Pentapycnon
Species:
P. charcoti
Binomial name
Pentapycnon charcoti
Bouvier, 1910

Pentapycnon charcoti is a species of sea spider (class Pycnogonida) in the family Pycnogonidae. As the genus name Pentapycnon suggests, the sea spider P. charcoti is among the seven species of sea spiders with five pairs of legs rather than the usual four leg pairs. This species is found in the Southern Ocean.