Achelia

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Achelia
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Achelia transfugoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Ammotheidae
Genus:Achelia
Hodge, 1864

Achelia is a genus of pycnogonids in the family Ammotheidae. [1] [2] [3]

Ammotheidae family of sea spiders

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Achelia assimilis

Species

The following are the species comprising the genus Achelia.

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References

  1. World Register od Marine Especies (Worms): Achelia Hodge, 1864 AphiaID:34568
  2. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Achelia Taxonomic Serial No.: 83579
  3. Hodge, 1864 : List of the British Pycnogonida, with descriptions of several new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 3, vol. 13, p. 113–117.