Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea > Family Ammotheidae

Ammothea Leach, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ecleipsothremma*	Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969	synonym
*Lecythorhynchus*	Böhm, 1879	synonym
*Leionymphon*	Möbius, 1902	synonym

Children

Ammothea carolinensis Leach, 1814
Ammothea clausi Pfeffer, 1889
Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879)
Ammothea magniceps Thompson, 1884
Ammothea minor (Hodgson, 1907)

Literature

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	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Giltay, L. (1934). Remarques sur le genre Ammothea Leach et description d'une espèce nouvelle, de la mer d'Irlande [Remarks on the genus Ammothea Leach and a description of a new species, from the Irish Sea]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(18): 1-6

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Citation

Bamber, R. (2014). Ammothea Leach, 1814. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2014). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134569