Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)

Lehmann, Tobias, Hess, Martin & Melzer, Roland R., 2014, Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea, Zoosystematics and Evolution 90 (2), pp. 163-224 : 164

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7520

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)
status

 

Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) View in CoL Figures 2, 9, 10

Ammothea langi Dohrn, 1881

Material.

ZSMA20071464: male; Cape Savudrija, Croatia; 08.10.2004: 0-1 m; under stones. ZSMA20071465: male; Cape Savudrija, Croatia; 22.05.2005: 0-1 m. ZSMA20071466: female; Cape Savudrija, Croatia; 08.08.2005; 0-1 m; on stone.

Remarks.

According to Dohrn (1881) the lateral processes 1-3 are armed with one protuberance with spine. Here, in the male, the lateral process 1 has two protuberances with spine and the lateral process 2 and 3 have one (Fig. 9D, E). The lateral processes in the female correspond with Dohrn´s description.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Pycnogonida

Order

Pantopoda

SubOrder

Eupantopodida

SuperFamily

Pycnogonoidea

Family

Ammotheidae

Genus

Achelia

Loc

Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)

Lehmann, Tobias, Hess, Martin & Melzer, Roland R. 2014
2014
Loc

Ammothea langi

Dohrn 1881
1881