PYCNOGONIDA Latreille, 1810
(sea spiders)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassPYCNOGONIDA (sea spiders)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bamber 2010 Sea-Spiders (Pycnogonida) of the north-east Atlantic Synopses of the British Fauna, 5, Field Studies Council
Bouvier, E.-L. 1923 *** Pycnogonides ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 7, 70pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
() Conway, D.V.P. 2012 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 2: Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Cladocera, Facetotecta, Cirripedia and Copepoda Occasional Publications, No. 25, 163pp, Marine Biological Association
de Kluijver, M.J. & S.S. Ingalsuo, S.S. Pycnogonida wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/pycnogonida.php
Gregory, J. British Marine Life Pictures www.britishmarinelifepictures.co.uk/gallery.html
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
King, P.E. & Crapp, G.B. 1971 *** Littoral Pycnogonids of the British Isles ***(Superseded) Field Studies 3 (3): 455-480.
() King, P.E. 1986 Sea Spiders: a revised key to the adults of littoral Pycnogonida in the British Isles Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) Field Studies 6: 493-516.
() King, P.E. 1974 *** British Sea Spiders ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 5, 68pp, The Linnean Society of London

Marine

() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press

PYCNOGONIDA (sea spiders) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PYCNOGONIDA (sea spiders)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PYCNOGONIDA (sea spiders)
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