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Achelia laevis Hodge, 1864 
AphiaID: 134600

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Eupantopodida (Suborder) > Ascorhynchoidea (Superfamily) > Ammotheidae (Family) > Achelia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Achelia Hodge, 1864
Sources  original description: Hodge, G. (1864). List of the British Pycnogonoidea, with descriptions of several new species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 13(3rd ser.): 113-117, pl. XII-XIII (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 237 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
England [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Unknown type , locality Celtic Sea (Polperro, UK (Western English Channel & Celtic Sea)) [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Pycnogonid Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: This species has not been recorded frequently but may have a distribution similar to that of A. echinata. However, much more data is needed. [details]

Habitat: coastal [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134600
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Legakis, Anastasios
2007-01-19 16:36:29Z  checked  Bamber, Roger
  
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  Citation: Bamber, R. (2013). Achelia laevis Hodge, 1864. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2013). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134600 on 2013-05-20
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