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Ammothella Verril 1900

Description

Ammothella Verril, 1900

Ammothella appendiculata (Dohrn, 1881) — Marcus, 1940c: 89 –91, fig 11a–e (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, shallow water).— Stock, 1992: 116 (Brazil: São Paulo, Espírito Santo, intertidal to 28 m).— Varoli, 1996: 42 (Brazil: São Paulo).

Original name: Ammothea appendiculata —Dohrn, 1881.

Syn.: Ammothea (Ammothella) appendiculata —Bouvier, 1923.

Holotype: Unknown.

Type locality: Santa Lucia, Gulf of Naples, Italy.

Ecological note: On Sargassum cymosum C. Agardh and S. rigidulum Kuetzing.

Ammothella rugulosa (Verrill, 1900) — Marcus, 1940c: 92 –93, fig 12a–g (Brazil: São Paulo, shallow water).— Stock, 1992: 116 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, 34 m).

Original name: Ammothea (Ammothella) rugulosa Verrill, 1900.

Holotype: Unknown.

Type locality: Bailey Bay, Bermuda.

Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904 — Stock, 1992: 116 (Brazil: São Paulo, infralittoral). Holotype: MVZ nº. 19.509.

Type locality: San Diego, California, USA.

Ecological notes: On rocks, amongst ascidians, bryozoans and sponges, infralittoral zone.

Notes

Published as part of Lucena, Rudá Amorim & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2018, An annotated checklist of Brazilian sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), pp. 101-122 in Zootaxa 4370 (2) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1143857

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MVZ
Scientific name authorship
Verril
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Pantopoda
Family
Ammotheidae
Genus
Ammothella
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Ammothella Verril, 1900 sec. Lucena & Christoffersen, 2018

References

  • Marcus, E. (1940 c) Os Pantopoda Brasileiros e os demais Sulamericanos. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 19 (Zoologia 4), 3 - 179.
  • Stock, J. H. (1992) Pycnogonida from southern Brazil. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 135, 113 - 139.
  • Varoli, F. M. F. (1996) Aspectos da distribuicao de Pantopoda em Sargassum de Itanhaem e Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 13 (1), 39 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81751996000100003