Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Pycnogonida
Ordo: Pantopoda
Subordo: Eupantopodida
Superfamilia: Ascorhynchoidea
Familia: Ammotheidae
Genera (21): Achelia – Acheliana – Ammothea – Ammothella – Austroraptus – Biammothea – Cilunculus – Dromedopycnon – Elassorhis – Hedgpethius – Hemichela – Megarhetus – Nymphopsis – Oorhynchus – Paranymphon – Proboehmia – Prototrygaeus – Scipiolus – Sericosura – Tanystylum – Trygaeus
[source: Bamber (2011)]
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Name
Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881
Synonyms
Acheliidae
Ammothellidae
Tanystylidae
References
Bamber, R.N. 2007: A holistic re-interpretation of the phylogeny of the Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810 (Arthropoda). Pp. 295-312 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa, 1668: 1–766. Abstract & excerpt
Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. Pp. 50-89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [p. 89, Acheliidae, Ammothellidae & Tanystylidae as valid]
Links
Bamber, R. (2011). Ammotheidae. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2011). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-01-29
Ammotheidae is the most diversified group of the class Pycnogonida, with 297 species described in more than 20 genera, of which only Nymphopsis and Sericosura were found to be monophyletic. Despite its internal taxonomic uncertainty, studies on 18S rRNA supports its monophyly, and the subdivision on Achelinae and Ammotheinae subfamilies.[1]
Genera
The family Ammotheidae comprises the following subfamilies:
Achelia Hodge, 1864
Acheliana Arnaud, 1971
Ammothea Leach, 1814
Ammothella Verrill, 1900
Austroraptus Hodgson, 1907
Biammothea Pushkin, 1993
Cilunculus Loman, 1908
Dromedopycnon Child, 1982
Elassorhis Child, 1982
Hedgpethius Child, 1974
Hemichela Stock, 1954
Megarhethus Child, 1982
Nymphopsis Haswell, 1885
Oorhynchus Hoek, 1881
Paranymphon Caullery, 1896
Proboehmia Stock, 1991
Prototrygaeus Stock, 1975
Scipiolus Loman, 1908
Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Tanystylum Miers, 1879
Teratonotum Sabroux, Corbari, Krapp, Bonillo, Le Prieur & Hassanin, 2017
Trygaeus Dohrn, 1881
Pariboea Philippi, 1843
Pasithoe Goodsir, 1842
Diversity gallery
Ammothella biunguiculata
Ascorhynchus compactus
Nymphopsis bathursti
Tanystylum brevipes
References
Hassanin, Alexandre; Prieur, Stéphanie le; Bonillo, Céline; Krapp, Franz; Corbari, Laure; Sabroux, Romain (2017-02-24). "Biodiversity and phylogeny of Ammotheidae (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)". European Journal of Taxonomy (286). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.286. ISSN 2118-9773.
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