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

Ammothea Leach, 1814

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Ammothea carolinensis Leach, 1814
Ammothea clausi Pfeffer, 1889
Ammothea cuspidata Hodgson, 1910
Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879)
Ammothea magniceps Thompson, 1884
Ammothea minor (Hodgson, 1907)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シマウミグモ属

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

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Ammothea Leach, 1814. 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:134569