Ammotheidae
| Ammotheidae Temporal range:
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| Sericosura verenae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Pycnogonida |
| Order: | Pantopoda |
| Family: | Dohrn, 1881 |
Ammotheidae is a family of sea spiders. It is the most diverse sea spider family, with 297 species described in more than 20 genera, of which only Nymphopsis and Sericosura have been found to be monophyletic. Despite this internal taxonomic uncertainty, studies of 18S rRNA support the monophyly of the family, and its subdivision into two subfamilies, Achelinae and Ammotheinae.[1]
Genera
The family Ammotheidae comprises the following genera:
- Achelia Hodge, 1864
- Acheliana Arnaud, 1971
- Ammothea Leach, 1814
- Ammothella Verrill, 1900
- Austroraptus Hodgson, 1907
- Biammothea Pushkin, 1993
- Cilunculus Loman, 1908
- Dromedopycnon Child, 1982
- Elassorhis Child, 1982
- Hedgpethius Child, 1974
- Hemichela Stock, 1954
- Megarhethus Child, 1982
- Nymphopsis Haswell, 1885
- Oorhynchus Hoek, 1881
- Paranymphon Caullery, 1896
- Proboehmia Stock, 1991
- Prototrygaeus Stock, 1975
- Scipiolus Loman, 1908
- Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
- Tanystylum Miers, 1879
- Teratonotum Sabroux, Corbari, Krapp, Bonillo, Le Prieur & Hassanin, 2017
- Trygaeus Dohrn, 1881
- Pariboea Philippi, 1843
- Pasithoe Goodsir, 1842
Diversity gallery
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Ammothella biunguiculata -
Ascorhynchus compactus -
Nymphopsis bathursti -
Tanystylum brevipes
References
- ^ Hassanin, Alexandre; Prieur, Stéphanie le; Bonillo, Céline; Krapp, Franz; Corbari, Laure; Sabroux, Romain (2017-02-24). "Biodiversity and phylogeny of Ammotheidae (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)". European Journal of Taxonomy (286). doi:10.5852/ejt.2017.286. ISSN 2118-9773.
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