Species Ammothea acheliata Child, 1998

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ammothea acheliata Child, C.A. 1998. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand, Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir 109. Wellington and Auckland, NZ : Wilson and Horton Print, Ltd. Vol. 109 4-71 pp. [15].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZOI H690 ♂, Norpfolk Ridge [2845S, 16755.2E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: continental shelf.

 

Diagnosis

Child described this as a new species based on total absence of chelifores

 

Diagnosis References

Child, C.A. 1998. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand, Pycnogonida (Sea Spiders), National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir 109. Wellington and Auckland, NZ : Wilson and Horton Print, Ltd. Vol. 109 4-71 pp. [17]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-May-2022	PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810	27-Apr-2022	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)