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Achelia Hodge, 1864
Taxonomic Serial No.: 83579

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Achelia hispida Hodge, 1864
		Austrothea Hodgson, 1914
		Austrothea germanica Hodgson, 1914
		Achelia megacephala Hodgson, 1914
		Achelia segmentata Utinomi, 1954
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2020

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Chelicerata – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme
	Class	Pycnogonida – sea spiders
	Order	Pantopoda
	Suborder	Eupantopodida
	Superfamily	Ascorhynchoidea Hoek, 1881
	Family	Acheliidae Semper, 1874
	Genus	Achelia Hodge, 1864
		Direct Children:
	Species	Achelia adelpha Child, 1970
	Species	Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904)
	Species	Achelia anomala Arnaud, 1974
	Species	Achelia armata Bouvier, 1916
	Species	Achelia aspera Loman, 1923
	Species	Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
	Species	Achelia australiensis Stock, 1954
	Species	Achelia barnardi Stock, 1959
	Species	Achelia besnardi Sawaya, 1951
	Species	Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth, 1949
	Species	Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895)
	Species	Achelia boschi Stock, 1992
	Species	Achelia brevicauda (Loman, 1904)
	Species	Achelia brevirostris Losina-Losinsky, 1961
	Species	Achelia bullosa Child, 1996
	Species	Achelia chelata (Hilton, 1939)
	Species	Achelia columnaris Stock, 1992
	Species	Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
	Species	Achelia crurispinifera Kim & Kim, 1985
	Species	Achelia cuneatis Child, 1999
	Species	Achelia curticauda Nakamura, Miyazaki & Child, 1996
	Species	Achelia deodata Müller, 1990
	Species	Achelia discoidea Exline, 1936
	Species	Achelia dohrni (Thomson, 1884)
	Species	Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864
	Species	Achelia euryfrontalis Turpaeva, 2000
	Species	Achelia fernandeziana (Loman, 1920)
	Species	Achelia gracilipes (Cole, 1904)
	Species	Achelia gracilis Verrill, 1900
	Species	Achelia hariettae Marcus, 1940
	Species	Achelia hoekii (Pfeffer, 1889)
	Species	Achelia japonica Ortmann, 1890
	Species	Achelia karachiensis George, Siddiqui, George & Lucena, 2020
	Species	Achelia kiiensis Utinomi, 1951
	Species	Achelia kurilensis Losina-Losinsky, 1961
	Species	Achelia laevis Hodge, 1864
	Species	Achelia lagena Child, 1994
	Species	Achelia lagenaria Stock, 1992
	Species	Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)
	Species	Achelia latifrons (Cole, 1904)
	Species	Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943)
	Species	Achelia mixta Stock, 1994
	Species	Achelia nana (Loman, 1908)
	Species	Achelia neotenica Krapp, 1986
	Species	Achelia orientalis (Schimkewitsch, 1913)
	Species	Achelia orpax Nakamura & Child, 1983
	Species	Achelia ovosetosa (Hilton, 1942)
	Species	Achelia parvula (Loman, 1923)
	Species	Achelia pribilofensis (Cole, 1904)
	Species	Achelia quadridentata (Hodgson, 1910)
	Species	Achelia rostrata Turpaeva, 2000
	Species	Achelia salebrosa Losina-Losinsky, 1961
	Species	Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940
	Species	Achelia scabra Wilson, 1880
	Species	Achelia serratipalpis (Bouvier, 1911)
	Species	Achelia setulosa (Loman, 1912)
	Species	Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973
	Species	Achelia simplex (Giltay, 1934)
	Species	Achelia simplissima (Hilton, 1939)
	Species	Achelia socors (Loman, 1908)
	Species	Achelia spatula Nakamura & Child, 1983
	Species	Achelia spicata (Hodgson, 1914)
	Species	Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853)
	Species	Achelia spinoseta (Hilton, 1939)
	Species	Achelia sufflata Gordon, 1944
	Species	Achelia superba (Loman, 1911)
	Species	Achelia tenuipes Stock, 1990
	Species	Achelia transfuga Stock, 1954
	Species	Achelia transfugoides Stock, 1973
	Species	Achelia turba Stock, 1990
	Species	Achelia vulgaris (Costa, 1861)
	Species	Achelia watamu (Müller, 1990)

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Achelia

	Source:	Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database (2020), database (version 2020-08-22)
	Acquired:	2020
	Notes:	Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P. (Eds) (2020). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/pycnobase on 2020-08-22. doi:10.14284/360
	Reference for:	Achelia

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hodge, George
	Publication Date:	1864
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of the British Pycnogonoidea, with descriptions of several new species
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Annals and Magazing of Natural History, series 3, vol. 13, no. 74
	Page(s):	113-117
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	Notes:	Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26482397
	Reference for:	original description

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Munilla, Tomás, and Anna Soler-Membrives / Ramos, M. A., et al. (eds.)
	Publication Date:	2014
	Article/Chapter Title:	Pycnogonida
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fauna Ibérica, vol. 39
	Page(s):	296
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	9788400098933
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Achelia

Geographic Information


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Comments


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