Genus Ammothella Verrill, 1900
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Macquarie Island Province (24), Northern Shelf Province (25), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)
Diagnosis
Trunk slender, segmented. Lateral processes well separated, often with tubercles or spines; proboscis ovoid, long; often with tubular (hollow) spines and regular spines; chelifores long, two-segmented scapes, chelae atrophied; palps 9-segmented, long, slender; ovigers 9-segmented, with feathered spines, without strigilis or terminal claw; legs slender, usually with long spines, propodi slender, auxiliaries. Cement gland usually long conspicuous tube.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-May-2022 | PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810 | 27-Apr-2022 | MODIFIED | |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |