Ammotheidae

Ammotheidae; Temporal range: Jurassic–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Sericosura verenae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 Achelinae and Ammotheinae subfamilies.^[1]

Genera

The family Ammotheidae comprises the following subfamilies:

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

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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