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Checklist for Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea Pocock, 1904
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Pycnogonida
Latreille, 1810
Pycnogonids, Sea Spider, Sea Spiders
13
63
576
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Pantopoda
Gerstaecker, 1863
Sea Spiders
13
61
574
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Eupantopodida
Fry, 1978
11
57
562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ascorhynchoidea
Pocock, 1904
3
23
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
3 Families width 196 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ammotheidae (Dohrn, 1881)131SpeciesTaxom
Ascorhynchidae (Hoek, 1881)51SpeciesTaxom
Acheliidae Fry, 197813SpeciesTaxom


Genera for America
22 Genera with 196 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPST
Achelia Hodge, 1890Sea spiders29SpeciesTaxom
Ammothea Leach, 198729SpeciesTaxom
Ammothella Verrill, 197819SpeciesTaxom
Ascorhynchus Sars, 197832SpeciesTaxom
Boehmia Hoek, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Cilunculus Loman, 19693SpeciesTaxom
Clotenia Dohrn, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Dromedopycnon Child, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Elassorhis Child, 02SpeciesTaxom
Ephyrogymna Hedgpeth, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Eurycyde Schiodte, 198615SpeciesTaxom
Hedgpethius Child, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Heterofragilia Hedgpeth, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Lecythorhynchus Böhm., 19041SpeciesTaxom
Megarhethus Child, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Nanymphon McCloskey, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Nymphopsis Haswell, 19125SpeciesTaxom
Oorhynchus Hoek, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Paranymphon Caullery, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Prototrygaeus Stock, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Sericosura Fry & Hedgpeth, 19874SpeciesTaxom
Tanystylum Miers, 195442SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
196 Species and 4 Subspecies
Achelia alaskensis Cole, 1904
Achelia assimilis Haswell, 1885
Achelia besnardi Sawaya, 1951
Achelia borealis Schimkewitsch, 1895
Achelia brevichelifera (Hedgpeth, 1948)⇒ Megarhethus brevicheliferus Hedgpeth, 1948
Achelia chelata Hilton, 1939
Achelia columnaris Stock, 1992
Achelia discoidea Exline, 1936
Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864Arizona sycamore
Achelia gracilipes Cole, 1904
Achelia gracilis Verrill, 1900Marsh felwort
Achelia lagena Child, 1994
Achelia langi Dohrn, 1881
Achelia latifrons Cole, 1904
Achelia megova Hilton, 1943
Achelia nana Loman, 1908
Achelia nudiuscula (Hall, 1913)⇒ Achelia alaskensis Cole, 1904
Achelia ovosetosa Hilton, 1942
Achelia parvula Loman, 1923
Achelia pribilofensis Cole, 1904
Achelia quadridentata Hodgson, 1910
Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940
Achelia scabra Wilson, 1880
Achelia simplissima Hilton, 1939
Achelia socors Loman, 1908
Achelia spinosa Stimpson, 1853
Achelia spinoseta Hilton, 1939
Achelia transfugoides Stock, 1973
Achelia wilsoni (Schimkewitsch, 1890)⇒ Achelia assimilis Haswell, 1885
Ammothea (Ammothea) australiensis Flynn., 1919
Ammothea (Ammothea) spinosa Hodgson, 1907
Ammothea (Ammothella) rugulosa Verrill, 1900
Ammothea achelioides (Wilson, 1878)⇒ Achelia spinosa Stimpson, 1853
Ammothea alaskensis Cole, 1904
Ammothea carolinensis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Ammothea chelata (Hilton, 1939)⇒ Achelia chelata Hilton, 1939
Ammothea discoidea
Ammothea dorsiplicata Hilton, 1943
Ammothea elongata (Hilton, 1942)⇒ Achelia borealis Schimkewitsch, 1895
Ammothea euchelata (Hedgpeth, 1940)⇒ Achelia chelata Hilton, 1939
Ammothea gigantea Gordon, 1932Red-white porcelain crab
Ammothea gracilipes (Bouvier, 1911)⇒ Ammothea minor Hodgson, 1907
Ammothea grossifemora (Hilton, 1942)⇒ Tanystylum grossifemorum Hilton, 1942
Ammothea hilgendorfi Böhm, 1879Sea Spider
Ammothea insularis Child, 1992
Ammothea latifrons (Cole, 1904)⇒ Achelia latifrons Cole, 1904
Ammothea longispina Gordon, 1932Red-white porcelain crab
Ammothea megova (Hilton, 1943)⇒ Achelia megova Hilton, 1943
Ammothea minor Hodgson, 1907
Ammothea nidiuscula (Hall, 1913)⇒ Achelia alaskensis Cole, 1904
Ammothea ovosetosa (Hilton, 1942)⇒ Achelia ovosetosa Hilton, 1942
Ammothea paradisiaca Loman, 1923
Ammothea pribilofensis Cole, 1904
Ammothea simplissima (Hilton, 1939)⇒ Achelia simplissima Hilton, 1939
Ammothea spinoseta (Hilton, 1939)⇒ Achelia spinoseta Hilton, 1939
Ammothea stylirostris Gordon, 1932Red-white porcelain crab
Ammothea tetrapora Gordon, 1932Red-white porcelain crab
Ammothea verenae (Child, 1987)⇒ Sericosura verenae Child, 1987
Ammothella appendiculata Dohrn, 1881
Ammothella biunguiculata Dohrn, 1881
Ammothella biunguiculata fusca Hilton, 1942
Ammothella dawsoni Child & Hedg..., 1971
Ammothella exornata Stock, 1975
Ammothella heterosetosa Hilton, 1942
Ammothella marcusi Hedgpeth, 1948
Ammothella menziesi Hedgpeth, 1951
Ammothella pacifica Hilton, 1942Sea spider
Ammothella panamensis Child, 2004
Ammothella paradisiaca Loman, 1923
Ammothella rugulosa Verrill, 1900
Ammothella setosa Hilton, 1942
Ammothella spinifera Cole, 1904
Ammothella spinosissima
Ammothella symbia Child, 1979
Ammothella symbius Child, 1979
Ammothella tuberculata Cole, 1904
Ammothella tubicen Stock, 1978
Ascorhynchus abyssi Sars, 1877
Ascorhynchus agassizi (Schimkewitsch, 1893)⇒ Ascorhynchus armatus Wilson, 1881
Ascorhynchus armatus Wilson, 1881
Ascorhynchus athernum Child, 1982
Ascorhynchus athernus Child, 1982
Ascorhynchus castelli Dohrn, 1881
Ascorhynchus castellioides Stock, 1957
Ascorhynchus colei Hedgpeth, 1943
Ascorhynchus comatus Child, 1992
Ascorhynchus crenatus Child, 1992
Ascorhynchus cuculus Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Ascorhynchus discrepans Stock, 1955
Ascorhynchus horologium (Child, 1992)⇒ Ascorhynchus horologius Child, 1992
Ascorhynchus horologius Child, 1992
Ascorhynchus horologum
Ascorhynchus japonicus Ives, 1891Sandhill four-o'clock
Ascorhynchus laterospinum (Hilton, 1942)⇒ Ascorhynchus laterospinus Hilton, 1942
Ascorhynchus laterospinus Hilton, 1942
Ascorhynchus latipes Cole, 1906
Ascorhynchus ovicoxa Stock, 1975
Ascorhynchus pararmatus Stock, 1975
Ascorhynchus paxillum (Child, 1992)⇒ Ascorhynchus paxillus Child, 1992
Ascorhynchus paxillus Child, 1992
Ascorhynchus pennai Mello-Leitao, 1946
Ascorhynchus petilus Child, 1996
Ascorhynchus pyrginospinum (McCloskey, 1967)⇒ Ascorhynchus pyrginospinus McCloskey, 1967
Ascorhynchus pyrginospinus McCloskey, 1967
Ascorhynchus pyriginospinus McCloskey, L.R., 1967
Ascorhynchus serratum (Hedgpeth, 1948)⇒ Ascorhynchus serratus Hedgpeth, 1948
Ascorhynchus serratus Hedgpeth, 1948
Ascorhynchus tridens (Meinert, 1899)⇒ Ascorhynchus abyssi Sars, 1877
Ascorhynchus turritus Stock, 1978
Boehmia chelata Bohm, 1879
Cilunculus acanthus Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Cilunculus antillensis Stock, 1955
Cilunculus cactoides Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969
Clotenia occidentalis (Kimmins, 1951)⇒ Tanystylum occidentalis Cole, 1904
Clotenia orbiculare Wilson, 1878
Dromedopycnon acanthus Child, 1982
Elassorhis laterospinata Child, 1982
Elassorhis laterspinata
Ephyrogymna circularis Hedgpeth, 1943
Eurycyde acanthopus Stock, 1979
Eurycyde arctica Child, 1995
Eurycyde clitellaria Stock, 1955
Eurycyde curvata Child, 1979
Eurycyde depressa Child, 1995
Eurycyde encantada (Child & Hedg..., 1971)⇒ Eurycyde longisetosa Hilton, 1942
Eurycyde gorda Child, 1979
Eurycyde hispida Kroyer, 1844
Eurycyde longisetosa Hilton, 1942
Eurycyde longistetosa
Eurycyde muricata Child, 1995
Eurycyde platyspina Stock, 1992
Eurycyde raphiaster Loman, 1912
Eurycyde spinosa Hilton, 1916
Eurycyde unispina Stock, 1986
Hedgpethius interstitialis Stock, 1989
Hedgpethius mamillatus Child, 1982
Hedgpethius tridentatus Child, 1974
Heterofragilia fimbriata Hedgpeth, 1943
Heterofragilia major Stock, 1986
Lecythorhynchus marginatus Cole, 1904
Megarhethus brevicheliferus Hedgpeth, 1948
Nanymphon grasslei (McCloskey, 1967)⇒ Ascorhynchus pyriginospinus McCloskey, L.R., 1967
Nymphopsis anarthra Loman, 1928
Nymphopsis duodorsospinosa Hilton, 1942
Nymphopsis melidae Sawaya, 1947
Nymphopsis spinosissima Hall, H.V.M., 1912
Nymphopsis spinosissimum Hall, 1912
Oorhynchus aucklandiae Hoek, 1881
Paranymphon filarium Stock, 1986
Paranymphon spinosum Caullery, 1896
Prototrygaeus ammothelloides Stock, 1975
Prototrygaeus contrarius Child, 1992
Prototrygaeus jordanae Child, 1990
Sericosura dissita Child, 2000
Sericosura mitrata Gordon, 1944
Sericosura venticola Child, 1987
Sericosura verenae Child, 1987
Tanystylum acuminatum Stock, 1954
Tanystylum anthomasti (Hedgpeth, J.W., 1949)⇒ Tanystylum grossifemorum Hilton, 1942
Tanystylum antipodum Clark, 1977
Tanystylum birkelandi Child, 1979
Tanystylum brevipes Hoek, 1881
Tanystylum calcirostre (Kraeuter, 1973)⇒ Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940
Tanystylum calcirostrum Schimkewitsc..., 1887
Tanystylum calicirostrum Schimkewitsch, 1890Spear-marked black
Tanystylum californicum Hilton, 1939
Tanystylum cavidorsum (Stock, 1957)⇒ Tanystylum antipodum Clark, 1977
Tanystylum cavidorsum steatopygidium Hedgpeth, 1961
Tanystylum cinctum Child, 1992
Tanystylum conirostre Dohrn, 1881
Tanystylum distinctum Child & Hedg..., 1971
Tanystylum dowi Child, 1979
Tanystylum duospinum Hilton, 1939
Tanystylum evelinae Marcus, 1940
Tanystylum geminum Stock, 1954
Tanystylum grossifemora Hilton, W.A., 1942
Tanystylum grossifemorum Hilton, 1942Yellow Hairy Sea Spider
Tanystylum haswelli Child, 1990
Tanystylum hummelincki Stock, 1954
Tanystylum intermedium (Cole, 1904)⇒ Tanystylum californicum Hilton, 1939
Tanystylum isabellae Marcus, 1940
Tanystylum isthmiacum Stock, 1955Oahu chewstick
Tanystylum isthmiacum difficile Stock, 1966
Tanystylum isthmiacum isthmiacum Stock, 1955
Tanystylum malpelensis Child, 1979
Tanystylum mexicanum (Child, C.A., 1979)⇒ Tanystylum duospinum Hilton, 1939
Tanystylum neorhetum Marcus, 1940
Tanystylum nudum Hilton, 1942
Tanystylum occidentalis Cole, 1904
Tanystylum oculospinosum (Hilton, 1942)⇒ Tanystylum duospinum Hilton, 1939
Tanystylum oedinotum Loman, 1923
Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, 1878Showy dawnflower
Tanystylum panamum Hilton, 1942
Tanystylum pfefferi (Loman, 1923)⇒ Tanystylum neorhetum Marcus, 1940
Tanystylum rehderi Child, 1970Sea spider
Tanystylum styligerum Miers, 1875
Tanystylum tayronae Müller & Krapp, 2009
Tanystylum tubirostre Stock, 1954
Tanystylum tubirostrum (Stock, J.H., 1954)⇒ Tanystylum duospinum Hilton, 1939

Subnodes of Ascorhynchoidea with occurrences in America
FamilyAcheliidae
Fry, 1978
7
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAmmotheidae
Dohrn, 1881
10
131
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAscorhynchidae
Hoek, 1881
5
51
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ascorhynchoidea at itis.gov
Ascorhynchoidea at marinespecies.org