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Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881 
AphiaID: 1562

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Eupantopodida (Suborder) > Ascorhynchoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Ascorhynchoidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Acheliidae (junior synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Achelia Hodge, 1864
Genus Acheliana Arnaud, 1971
Genus Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Ammothella Verrill, 1900
Genus Austroraptus Hodgson, 1907
Genus Cilunculus Loman, 1908
Genus Dromedopycnon Child, 1982
Genus Elassorhis Child, 1982
Genus Hedgpethius Child, 1974
Genus Hemichela Stock, 1954
Genus Megarhethus Child, 1982
Genus Nymphopsis Haswell, 1885
Genus Oorhynchus Hoek, 1881
Genus Paranymphon Caullery, 1896
Genus Proboehmia Stock, 1991
Genus Prototrygaeus Stock, 1975
Genus Scipiolus Loman, 1908
Genus Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Genus Tanystylum Miers, 1879
Genus Trygaeus Dohrn, 1881

Genus Pariboea Philippi, 1843 (nomen dubium)
Genus Pasithoe Goodsir, 1842 (nomen dubium)

Genus Acanthammothella Mello-Leitao, 1946 accepted as Cilunculus Loman, 1908
Genus Anammothea Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Anisopes Turpaeva, 1998 accepted as Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Genus Athernopycnon Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Austrothea Hodgson, 1915 accepted as Achelia Hodge, 1864
Genus Biammothea Pushkin, 1993 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Clotenia Dohrn, 1881 accepted as Tanystylum Miers, 1879
Genus Corniger Böhm, 1879 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Discoarachne Hoek, 1881 accepted as Tanystylum Miers, 1879
Genus Ecleipsothremma Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Kyphomia accepted as Ammothella Verrill, 1900
Genus Lecythorhynchus Böhm, 1879 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Leionymphon Möbius, 1902 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Magnammothea Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Genus Pycnosoma Losina-Losinsky, 1933 accepted as Pycnosomia Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Genus Thavmastopycnon Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1562
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2008-12-31 17:13:17Z  changed  Bamber, Roger
2009-01-04 09:46:42Z  changed  Bamber, Roger
  
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  Citation: Bamber, R. (2013). Ammotheidae. 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=1562 on 2013-05-22
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