PycnoBase taxon details
Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881
Acheliidae · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subfamily Achelinae Wilson, 1881
- Genus Achelia Hodge, 1864
- Genus Ammothella Verrill, 1900
- Genus Austroraptus Hodgson, 1907
- Genus Nymphopsis Haswell, 1884
- Genus Tanystylum Miers, 1877
- Subfamily Ammotheinae Dohrn, 1881
- Genus Dromedopycnon Child, 1982
- Genus Elassorhis Child, 1982
- Genus Hedgpethius Child, 1974
- Genus Hemichela Stock, 1954
- Genus Megarhethus Child, 1982
- Genus Neotrygaeus Munilla & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2014
- Genus Oorhynchus Hoek, 1881
- Genus Proboehmia Stock, 1991
- Genus Prototrygaeus Stock, 1975
- Genus Scipiolus Loman, 1908
- 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 (Not considered generically distinct)
- 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, 1877
- Genus Corniger Böhm, 1879 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814 (Junior synonym)
- Genus Discoarachne Hoek, 1881 accepted as Tanystylum Miers, 1877
- 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 (Spelling variation)
- Genus Thavmastopycnon Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 accepted as Ammothea Leach, 1814 (Junior synonym)
- Genus Trygaeus Dohrn, 1881 accepted as Neotrygaeus Munilla & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2014 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Trygaeus Sharp, 1874; Neotrygaeus is a replacement name)
- Genus Pariboea Philippi, 1843 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Pasithoe Goodsir, 1842 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine
Not documented
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/pycnobase/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1562 on 2025-07-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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basis of record
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
identification resource Child C.A. (1994). Antarctic and Subantarctic Pycnogonida. 1. The family Ammotheidae. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXIII. , 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar063p0001 [details]
identification resource Child C.A. (1994). Antarctic and Subantarctic Pycnogonida. 2. The family Austrodecidae. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXIII. , 49-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar063p0049 [details]
identification resource Bamber, Roger N. (2009). Two new species of <i>Sericosura</i> Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae), and a reassessment of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2140: 56-68., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2140.1.7 [details] Available for editors
identification resource Child C.A. (1994). Antarctic and Subantarctic Pycnogonida. 1. The family Ammotheidae. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXIII. , 1-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar063p0001 [details]
identification resource Child C.A. (1994). Antarctic and Subantarctic Pycnogonida. 2. The family Austrodecidae. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXIII. , 49-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar063p0049 [details]
identification resource Bamber, Roger N. (2009). Two new species of <i>Sericosura</i> Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae), and a reassessment of the genus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2140: 56-68., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2140.1.7 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | イソウミグモ科 | [details] |
