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

Ammothea carolinensis Leach, 1814

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 charcoti*	(Bouvier, 1905)	synonym
*Ammothea curculio*	Bouvier, 1906	synonym
*Ammothea gibbosa*	(Möbius, 1902)	synonym
*Ammothea grande*	(Bouvier, 1906)	synonym
*Ammothea grandis*	Pfeffer, 1889	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review 41: 47-114
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

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Pycnogonid Collection
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Bamber, R. (2014). Ammothea carolinensis Leach, 1814. 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:172906