WoRMS taxon details
Achelia Hodge, 1864
134568 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134568)
accepted
Genus
Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864 (type by subsequent designation)
Ammothea (Achelia) · unaccepted > superseded rank
Austrothea Hodgson, 1915 · unaccepted
- Species Achelia adelpha Child, 1970
- Species Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904)
- Species Achelia anomala Arnaud, 1974
- Species Achelia armata Bouvier, 1916
- Species Achelia aspera Loman, 1923
- Species Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
- Species Achelia australiensis Miers, 1884
- Species Achelia barnardi Stock, 1959
- Species Achelia besnardi Sawaya, 1951
- Species Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth, 1949
- Species Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895)
- Species Achelia boschi Stock, 1992
- Species Achelia brevicauda (Loman, 1904)
- Species Achelia brevirostris Losina-Losinsky, 1961
- Species Achelia bullosa Child, 1996
- Species Achelia chelata (Hilton, 1939)
- Species Achelia columnaris Stock, 1992
- Species Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
- Species Achelia crurispinifera Kim & Kim, 1985
- Species Achelia cuneatis Child, 1999
- Species Achelia curticauda Nakamura, Miyazaki & Child, 1996
- Species Achelia deodata Muller, 1990
- Species Achelia discoidea Exline, 1936
- Species Achelia dohrni (Thompson, 1884)
- Species Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864
- Species Achelia euryfrontalis Turpaeva, 2000
- Species Achelia fernandeziana (Loman, 1920)
- Species Achelia gracilipes (Cole, 1904)
- Species Achelia gracilis Verrill, 1900
- Species Achelia grancapis Turpaeva, 2007
- Species Achelia hariettae Marcus, 1940
- Species Achelia hoekii (Pfeffer, 1889)
- Species Achelia japonica Ortmann, 1890
- Species Achelia kiiensis Utinomi, 1951
- Species Achelia kurilensis Losina-Losinsky, 1961
- Species Achelia laevis Hodge, 1864
- Species Achelia lagena Child, 1994
- Species Achelia lagenaria Stock, 1992
- Species Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)
- Species Achelia latifrons (Cole, 1904)
- Species Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943)
- Species Achelia microsetosa Turpaeva, 2007
- Species Achelia mixta Stock, 1994
- Species Achelia nana (Loman, 1908)
- Species Achelia neotenica Krapp, 1986
- Species Achelia orientalis Schimkewitsch, 1913
- Species Achelia orpax Nakamura & Child, 1983
- Species Achelia ovosetosa (Hilton, 1942)
- Species Achelia parvula (Loman, 1923)
- Species Achelia pribilofensis (Cole, 1904)
- Species Achelia quadridentata (Hodgson, 1910)
- Species Achelia rostrata Turpaeva, 2000
- Species Achelia salebrosa Losina-Losinsky, 1961
- Species Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940
- Species Achelia scabra Wilson, 1880
- Species Achelia serratipalpis (Bouvier, 1911)
- Species Achelia setulosa (Loman, 1912)
- Species Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973
- Species Achelia simplex (Giltay, 1934)
- Species Achelia simplissima (Hilton, 1939)
- Species Achelia socors (Loman, 1908)
- Species Achelia spatula Nakamura, K. & C.A. Child., 1983
- Species Achelia spicata (Hodgson, 1914)
- Species Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853)
- Species Achelia spinoseta (Hilton, 1939)
- Species Achelia sufflata Gordon, 1944
- Species Achelia superba (Loman, 1911)
- Species Achelia tenuipes Stock, 1990
- Species Achelia transfuga Stock, 1954
- Species Achelia transfugoides Stock, 1973
- Species Achelia turba Stock, 1990
- Species Achelia vulgaris (Costa, 1861)
- Species Achelia watamu (Müller, 1990)
- Species Achelia germanica (Hodgson, 1915) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Achelia hispida Hodge, 1864 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Achelia megacephala Hodgson, 1914 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Achelia segmentata Utinomi, 1954 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Achelia adunca (Child, C.A., 1994) accepted as Ammothea adunca Child, 1994 (synonym)
- Species Achelia affinis (Bouvier, 1906) accepted as Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
- Species Achelia brevichelifera Hedgpeth, 1948 accepted as Megarhethus brevicheliferus (Hedgpeth, 1948)
- Species Achelia brucei Calman, 1915 accepted as Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
- Species Achelia elongata (Hilton, 1943) accepted as Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895)
- Species Achelia euchelata (Hedgpeth, 1940) accepted as Achelia chelata (Hilton, 1939) (synonym)
- Species Achelia fibulifera (Dohrn, 1881) accepted as Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864
- Species Achelia franciscana (Dohrn, 1881) accepted as Achelia vulgaris (Costa, 1861)
- Species Achelia gurjanovii Losina-Losinsky, 1961 accepted as Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904)
- Species Achelia hoeki (Loman, 1923) accepted as Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
- Species Achelia intermedia Calman, 1915 accepted as Achelia spicata (Hodgson, 1914)
- Species Achelia kamtschatica Losina-Losinsky, 1961 accepted as Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904)
- Species Achelia lavrentii (Losina-Losinsky, L.K., 1933) accepted as Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853) (junior synonym)
- Species Achelia litke (Losina-Losinsky, L.K., 1933) accepted as Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853) (junior synonym)
- Species Achelia longipes (Hodge, 1864) accepted as Ammothella longipes (Hodge, 1864)
- Species Achelia magnirostris (Dohrn, 1881) accepted as Ammothella longipes (Hodge, 1864)
- Species Achelia mitrata Gordon, 1944 accepted as Sericosura mitrata (Gordon, 1944)
- Species Achelia nudiuscula (Hall, 1913) accepted as Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904) (synonym)
- Species Achelia ohshimai Utinomi, 1951 accepted as Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth, 1949
- Species Achelia simpliscima (Hilton, 1942) accepted as Achelia simplissima (Hilton, 1939) (misspelling)
- Species Achelia sinensis Lou, 1935 accepted as Achelia japonica Ortmann, 1890 (Junior synonym)
- Species Achelia spatulata Nakamura & Child, 1983 accepted as Achelia spatula Nakamura, K. & C.A. Child., 1983
- Species Achelia uni-unguiculata (Dohrn, 1881) accepted as Ammothella uniunguiculata (Dohrn, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Achelia uschakovi Losina-Losinsky L.K., 1933 accepted as Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853)
- Species Achelia variabilis Stock, 1954 accepted as Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
- Species Achelia wilsoni (Schimkewitsch, 1890) accepted as Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hodge, G. (1864). XIII.—List of the British Pycnogonoidea, with descriptions of several new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(74): 113-117. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936408681584 [details] 
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2026). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia Hodge, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134568 on 2026-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Hodge, G. (1864). XIII.—List of the British Pycnogonoidea, with descriptions of several new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(74): 113-117. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936408681584 [details] 
basis of record Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 237 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 237 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification In Hayward & Ryland (1990) is this genus placed under the family Acheliidae. We follow ITIS database. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | イソウミグモ属 | [details] |