Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Rhynchothoracoidea > Family Rhynchothoracidae > Genus Rhynchothorax

Rhynchothorax philopsammum Hedgpeth, 1951

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhynchothorax*	Costa, 1861	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	HEDGPETH, J. W., 1951. Pycnogonids from Dillon Beach and vicinity, California, with descriptions of two new species. The Wasmann Journal of Biology, 9 (1):
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	Munilla T. & A. Soler (2009). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. Antarctic Science 21 (2): 99-111.
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Pycnogonid Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bamber, R. (2014). Rhynchothorax philopsammum Hedgpeth, 1951. 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:134752