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 simplex (Giltay, 1934)

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

*Ammothea simplex*	Giltay, 1934	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	King, P.E. (1974). British Sea Spiders. Synopses of the British Fauna. 5.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia simplex (Giltay, 1934). 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:134603