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

Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Achelia*	Hodge, 1864	accepted genus name
*Ammothea (Achelia)*		synonym
*Austrothea*	Hodgson, 1915	synonym

Species group names

*Achelia elongata*	(Hilton, 1943)	synonym
*Ammothea borealis*	Schimkewitsch, 1895	synonym
*Ammothea elongata*	Hilton, 1942	synonym

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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895). 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:134598