Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879)
(Pacific Brown-banded Sea-spider)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmmothea hilgendorfi (Pacific Brown-banded Sea-spider)
FamilyAMMOTHEIDAE (a family of sea spiders)
SuperfamilyASCORHYNCHOIDEA (a superfamily of sea spiders)
SuborderEUPANTOPODIDA (a suborder of sea spiders)
OrderPANTOPODA (an order of sea spiders)
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)
Records of Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pacific Brown-banded Sea-spider) :
1: Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pacific Brown-banded Sea-spider)
26 Apr 2017 OSGR: SZ09 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
under stone on beach
Image 1: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 3: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (3)Image 4: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (4)Image 5: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (5)Image 6: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (6)Image 7: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (7)Image 8: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (8)Image 9: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (9)Image 10: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (10)Image 11: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (11)Image 12: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (12)Image 13: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (13)Image 14: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (14)Image 15: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (15)Image 16: Female with eggs - dorsal view - white background (16)Image 17: Female with eggs - ventral view - white backgroundImage 18: Female with eggs - ventral view - white background (2)Image 19: Female with eggs - ventral view - white background (3)Image 20: Female with eggs - ventral view - white background (4)Image 21: Female with eggs - ventral view - white background (5)Image 22: Female with eggs - ventral view - white background (6)Image 23: Sea spiders - on underside of turned over rockImage 24: Sea spiders - on underside of turned over rock (2)Image 25: Sea spiders - on underside of turned over rock (3)Image 26: Female with eggs - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 27: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlargedImage 28: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (2)Image 29: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (3)Image 30: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (4)Image 31: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (5)Image 32: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (6)Image 33: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (7)Image 34: Sea spider - on underside of turned over rock - enlarged (8)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Faasse, M. 2013 Further dispersal of the sea-spider Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879) in the North Sea to The Netherlands BioInvasions Records Vol 2 (4): 287-289.

Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pacific Brown-banded Sea-spider) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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