Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864 
AphiaID: 134599

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Chelicerata > Pycnogonida > Pantopoda > Eupantopodida > Ascorhynchoidea > Ammotheidae > Achelia

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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Dutch stekelzeespin  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] England [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North Atlantic [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Specimen		Unknown type , locality North Sea (Durham Coast, U.K.) [details]
Feedingtypes		omnivore [details] predator [details] scavenger [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 56 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Pycnogonid Collection To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134599
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 echinata Hodge, 1864. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2013). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134599 on 2013-05-18
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