Marine Species Traits - Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943)

WoRMS taxon details

Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943)

AphiaID

239632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:239632)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Achelia Hodge, 1864

Original name

Ammothea megova Hilton, 1943

Synonymised names

Ammothea megova Hilton, 1943 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=239632 on 2025-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-05-15 14:31:05Z

created

Bamber, Roger

2009-01-01 13:13:34Z

changed

Bamber, Roger

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Pycnobase (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unknown type USNM sta 669 (1140), geounit Gulf of Alaska [details]

Unreviewed

Habitat shelf [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ammothea megova Hilton, 1943)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 81492) (from synonym Ammothea megova Hilton, 1943)