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Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853)

158476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158476)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Chelicerata
  5. Pycnogonida
  6. Pantopoda
  7. Eupantopodida
  8. Ammotheoidea
  9. Ammotheidae
  10. Achelinae
  11. Achelia
  12. Achelia spinosa
accepted
Species
Achelia Hodge, 1864
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158476 on 2026-07-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158476 on 2026-07-17
Date
action
by
2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-01-19 16:36:29Z
checked
Bamber, Roger

original description (of Ammothea achelioides Wilson, 1878) Wilson, E.B. (1878). Synopsis of the Pycnogonida of New England. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 5: 1-26, plates I-VII., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35717965
page(s): p. 16-17, Plate V, Fig. 1a [details] 

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details] 
 
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Ammothea achelioides Wilson, 1878)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (57 records) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 38089) (from synonym Ammothea achelioides Wilson, 1878)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077366) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed