Genus Ammothea Leach, 1814

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• Ammothea Leach, 1814.

  Secondary source:

   Legakis, A. 2001. Chelicerata. pp. 237 in Costello, M.J., Emblow, C., White, R.J. (Eds.). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels Paris : Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Vol. 50 pp.463.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Diagnosis

Trunk ovoid, segmented, often with dorsomedian tubercles or tall posterolateral ridges; lateral processes short, separated by about half their diameters. Proboscis usually widest at base, tapering to narrower lips. Chelifores with 1-segmented scape, chelae atrophied, or functional or lacking, or chelifores lacking entirely; palps 6-9 segments; ovigers 10-segmented; legs short to long. Propodi sometimes differ from anterior to posterior legs, mostly with auxiliaries. Cement gland dorsally distally or midpoint.

General References

Clark, W.C. 1977. The genus Ammothea Leach (Pycnogonida) in New Zealand waters: new species and a review. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(2): 171-187 (Good discussion and history of the genus name Ammothea)

History of changes