Ammotheidae

Ammotheidae; Temporal range: Jurassic–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Pycnogonida
Order:	Pantopoda
Family:	Ammotheidae; Dohrn, 1881

Ammotheidae is the most diversified group of the class Pycnogonida, with 297 species described in more than 20 genera, of which only Nymphopsis and Sericosura were found to be monophyletic. Despite its internal taxonomic uncertainty, studies on 18S rRNA supports its monophyly, and the subdivision on and subfamilies.^[1]

Genera[]

The family Ammotheidae comprises the following subfamilies:

Achelia Hodge, 1864
Arnaud, 1971
Leach, 1814
Verrill, 1900
Hodgson, 1907
Pushkin, 1993
Loman, 1908
Child, 1982
Child, 1982
Child, 1974
Stock, 1954
Child, 1982
Nymphopsis Haswell, 1885
Hoek, 1881
Caullery, 1896
Stock, 1991
Stock, 1975
Loman, 1908
Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Tanystylum Miers, 1879
Sabroux, Corbari, Krapp, Bonillo, Le Prieur & Hassanin, 2017
Dohrn, 1881
Philippi, 1843
Pasithoe Goodsir, 1842

Diversity gallery[]

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.

External links[]

[1] 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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