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 superseded rank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 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)
- 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)
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) (2025). 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 2025-04-01
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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, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]




Unreviewed
Classification In Hayward & Ryland (1990) is this genus placed under the family Acheliidae. We follow ITIS database. [details]
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Japanese | イソウミグモ属 | [details] |