Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea > Family Ammotheidae > Genus Ammothea

Ammothea magniceps Thompson, 1884

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ammothea*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name
*Ecleipsothremma*	Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969	synonym
*Lecythorhynchus*	Böhm, 1879	synonym
*Leionymphon*	Möbius, 1902	synonym

Species group names

*Ammothea flynni*	(Marcus, 1940)	synonym

Literature

original description	THOMSON, G. M., 1884. On the New Zealand Pycnogonida, with descriptions of new species. Transactions & Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 16 (1883):
basis of record	Pycnobase
additional source	UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Sirvid, P.J.;Zhang, Z.; Harvey, M.S.; Rhode, B.E.; Cook, D.R.; Bartsch, I.; Staples, D.A. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Chelicerata: horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, arachnids, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 50-89.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Pycnogonid Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Bamber, R. (2014). Ammothea magniceps Thompson, 1884. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2014). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=239425