Species Ammothella biunguiculata (Dohrn, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ammothea biunguiculata Dohrn, A. 1881. Die Pantopoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Monographie der Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel 3: 1-252, pls I-XVIII.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Secca della Gajole, Gulf of Naples, Tyrrhenian Sea [40° 43' 12" N, 14° 10' 12" E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ammothella biunguiculata (Dohrn, 1881). —
  Dohrn, A. 1881. Die Pantopoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeresabschnitte. Monographie der Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel 3: 1-252, pls I-XVIII

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast
  • New South Wales: SE oceanic
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef, NE oceanic, SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: W oceanic

Nearctic Region

• United States of America
  • California

Palaearctic Region

• Italy

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: benthic, intertidal.

 

Taxonomic Notes

The type was described from the Mediterranean Sea. The California and Australian subspecies will each probably turn out to be separate species.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810	02-May-2022	MODIFIED
12-Apr-2022	PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810	28-Feb-2022	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)