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 laevis Hodge, 1864

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

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	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 laevis Hodge, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134600