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Acheliidae  Semper, 1874
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1137376

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881
  
    Tanystylidae Schimkewitsch, 1913
  
    Oorhynchidae Schimkewitsch, 1913
  
    Trygaeidae Fry, 1978
  
    Ammothellidae Fry, 1978
  
    Paranymphonidae Fry, 1978
  
    Sericosuridae Fry, 1978
  
    Achelidae Semper, 1874
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2020   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassPycnogonida  – sea spiders  
                      OrderPantopoda   
                         SuborderEupantopodida   
                            SuperfamilyAscorhynchoidea Hoek, 1881  
                               FamilyAcheliidae Semper, 1874  
    Direct Children:  
                                  GenusAchelia Hodge, 1864  
                                  GenusAcheliana Arnaud, 1971  
                                  GenusAmmothea Leach, 1814  
                                  GenusAmmothella Verrill, 1900  
                                  GenusAustroraptus Hodgson, 1907  
                                  GenusCilunculus Loman, 1908  
                                  GenusDromedopycnon Child, 1982  
                                  GenusElassorhis Child, 1982  
                                  GenusHannonia Hoek, 1881  
                                  GenusHedgpethius Child, 1974  
                                  GenusHemichela Stock, 1954  
                                  GenusMegarhethus Child, 1982  
                                  GenusNeotrygaeus Munilla & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2014  
                                  GenusNymphopsis Haswell, 1885  
                                  GenusOorhynchus Hoek, 1881  
                                  GenusParanymphon Caullery, 1896  
                                  GenusProboehmia Stock, 1991  
                                  GenusPrototrygaeus Stock, 1975  
                                  GenusScipiolus Loman, 1908  
                                  GenusSericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969  
                                  GenusTanystylum Miers, 1879  
                                  GenusTeratonotum Sabroux, Corbari, Krapp, Bonillo, Le Prieur & Hassanin, 2017  
       

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  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 9788400098933   
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  Reference for: Acheliidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Semper, C.   
  Publication Date: 1874   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ueber Pycnogoniden und ihre in Hydroiden schmarotzenden Larvenformen   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-Zootomischen Institut in Würzburg, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 264-286   
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  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34290662   
  Reference for: Acheliidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Semper, C.   
  Publication Date: 1874   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ueber Pycnogoniden und ihre in Hydroiden schmarotzenden Larvenformen   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-medizinischen Gesellschaft in Würzburg, vol. 7   
  Page(s): 257-279   
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  Notes: Available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=nb9fAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA257   
  Reference for: Acheliidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Edmund B.   
  Publication Date: 1878   
  Article/Chapter Title: Synopsis of the Pycnogonida of New England   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 5   
  Page(s): 1-26   
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  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35717965 ; pages 1, 9 and 17 bear the (printing) date July, 1878. Page 25, (Explanation of Plates) bears January, 1879. Apparently issued in sections, pages 1-24 in 1878, and pages 25 & 26 in 1879   
  Reference for: Acheliidae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Semper was the first to use a family group name based on the genus Achelia Hodge 1864 (not Wilson 1878, who cited Semper), and the name Achelidae (later corrected to Acheliidae) was apparently made available in one of two nearly identical publications, both dated to 1874. Many sources, including PycnoBase (2019) place the type genus Achelia in the family Ammotheidae Dohrn 1881, although that is junior to Achelidae. Nomenclaturally, Achelidae Sember 1874 has priority (ICZN Article 23) and must be used as the correct name for this family if Achelia is included (see Munilla & Soler-Membrives 2014:271). As of late 2019, many pycnogonid workers have not done so, but ITIS will follow the rules of nomenclature and Munilla & Soler-Membrives (2014) on this issue. The taxonomy of the group is a separate matter from the nomenclature  
 

 

    


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