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Ammothella Verrill, 1900 
AphiaID: 134570

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Eupantopodida (Suborder) > Ascorhynchoidea (Superfamily) > Ammotheidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881
Synonymised
taxa
  Kyphomia
Sources  basis of record: Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 237 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Bouvier, E.-L. (1923). Pycnogonides [Pycnogonida]. Fauna of France, 7. Paul Lechevalier: Paris, France. 69 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Ammothella alcalai Child, 1988
Species Ammothella appendiculata (Dohrn, 1881)
Species Ammothella biunguiculata (Dohrn, 1881)
Species Ammothella cymosa Nakamura & Child, 1983
Species Ammothella dawsoni Child & Hedgpeth, 1971
Species Ammothella elegantula Stock, 1968
Species Ammothella exornata Stock, 1975
Species Ammothella fistella Lee & Arango, 2003
Species Ammothella gertrudae Müller & Krapp, 2009
Species Ammothella gibraltarensis Munilla, 1993
Species Ammothella hedgpethi Fage, 1953
Species Ammothella heterosetosa Hilton, 1942
Species Ammothella indica Stock, 1954
Species Ammothella longioculata (Faraggiana, 1940)
Species Ammothella longipes (Hodge, 1864)
Species Ammothella marcusi Hedgpeth, 1948
Species Ammothella menziesi Hedgpeth, 1951
Species Ammothella monotuberculata Hong & Kim, 1987
Species Ammothella nimia Stock, 1991
Species Ammothella omanensis Stock, 1992
Species Ammothella ovalis Stock, 1994
Species Ammothella pacifica Hilton, 1942
Species Ammothella panamensis Child, 2004
Species Ammothella paradisiaca Loman, 1923
Species Ammothella pilosa Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Ammothella prolixa Child, 1990
Species Ammothella rostrata Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Ammothella rotundata Child, 1988
Species Ammothella rugulosa Verrill, 1900
Species Ammothella schmitti Child, 1970
Species Ammothella setacea (Helfer, 1938)
Species Ammothella setosa Hilton, 1942
Species Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904
Species Ammothella stauromata Child, 1982
Species Ammothella stocki Clark, 1963
Species Ammothella symbia Child, 1979
Species Ammothella thetidis Clark, 1963
Species Ammothella tippula Child, 1983
Species Ammothella tuberculata Cole, 1904
Species Ammothella tubicen Stock, 1978
Species Ammothella uniunguiculata (Dohrn, 1881)
Species Ammothella vanninii Stock, 1982

Species Ammothella gigas Fage, 1956 accepted as Cilunculus sewelli Calman, 1938
Species Ammothella hispida (Hodge, 1864) accepted as Achelia hispida Hodge, 1864
Species Ammothella japonica Turpaeva, 1990 accepted as Cilunculus japonicus (Turpaeva, 1990)
Species Ammothella killix Dojiri, M., D.B. Cadien & C. Phillips, 1991 accepted as Ammothella setosa Hilton, 1942
Species Ammothella magnirostris (Dohrn, 1881) accepted as Ammothella longipes (Hodge, 1864)
Species Ammothella profunda Hedgpeth, 1949 accepted as Cilunculus profundus (Hedgpeth, 1949)
Species Ammothella verenae (Child, C.A., 1987) accepted as Sericosura verenae (Child, 1987)
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134570
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Legakis, Anastasios
2006-09-05 08:30:55Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-06-12 15:38:59Z  checked  Bamber, Roger
  
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  Citation: Bamber, R. (2013). Ammothella Verrill, 1900. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2013). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134570 on 2013-05-25
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