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Ammotheidae
Sign in to saveAmmotheidae 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.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassPycnogonida
- OrderPantopoda
- FamilyAmmotheidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 106
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Ammotheidae
- Collections
- CAS, SIO, ALMNH, NMV, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Australia
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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.
== 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
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