Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 
AphiaID: 134576

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

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Ammotheidae Dohrn, 1881
Synonymised taxa		Anisopes Turpaeva, 1998 (Not considered generically distinct)
Source		from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Sericosura cochleifovea Child, 1989 Species Sericosura conta Bamber, 2009 Species Sericosura cyrtoma Child & Sègonzac, 1996 Species Sericosura dissita Child, 2000 Species Sericosura hedgpethi Bamber, 2009 Species Sericosura heteroscela Child & Ségonzac, 1996 Species Sericosura mitrata (Gordon, 1944) Species Sericosura venticola Child, 1987 Species Sericosura verenae (Child, 1987) Species Sericosura bifurcata Stock, 1991 accepted as Sericosura cochleifovea Child, 1989
Environment		marine
Link		To GenBank
Note		Ecology: All species are associated with hydrothermal vents or cold seeps [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134576
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Legakis, Anastasios 2007-01-10 17:29:40Z   checked   Bamber, Roger
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		Citation: Bamber, R. (2013). Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969. In: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2013). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Accessed through: Bamber, R.N., El Nagar, A. (Eds) (2013). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/pycnobase/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134576 on 2013-05-25