Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Ammotheoidea > Family Ammotheidae > Subfamily Achelinae

Achelia Hodge, 1864

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Ammothea (Achelia) synonym
Austrothea Hodgson, 1915 synonym

Children

Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904)
Achelia anomala Arnaud, 1974
Achelia armata Bouvier, 1916
Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895)
Achelia chelata (Hilton, 1939)
Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864
Achelia germanica (Hodgson, 1915)
Achelia hispida Hodge, 1864
Achelia japonica Ortmann, 1890
Achelia laevis Hodge, 1864
Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)
Achelia latifrons (Cole, 1904)
Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943)
Achelia neotenica Krapp, 1986
Achelia ovosetosa (Hilton, 1942)
Achelia quadridentata (Hodgson, 1910)
Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940
Achelia simplex (Giltay, 1934)
Achelia simplissima (Hilton, 1939)
Achelia spicata (Hodgson, 1914)
Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853)
Achelia spinoseta (Hilton, 1939)
Achelia turba Stock, 1990
Achelia vulgaris (Costa, 1861)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: イソウミグモ属

Literature

original description

Hodge, G. (1864). XIII.—List of the British Pycnogonoidea, with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(74): 113-117.

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

additional source

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

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Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia Hodge, 1864. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134568

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-11-21 by Romain Sabroux

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