Achelia Hodge, 1884

Lucena, Rudá Amorim & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2018, An annotated checklist of Brazilian sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida), Zootaxa 4370 (2), pp. 101-122 : 104

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.2.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5969280

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Achelia Hodge, 1884
status

 

Achelia Hodge, 1884 View in CoL

Achelia besnardi Sawaya, 1951: 271 View in CoL –279, figs 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 ( Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, 39–46 m) .— Stock, 1992: 116 ( Brazil: off Espírito Santo, 59 m) .

Syn.: Achelia sawayai View in CoL f. besnardi View in CoL — Stock, 1986.

Holotype: Not designated.

Type locality: São Tomé shoal , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .

Ecological note: Found among hydroids and algae.

Achelia columnaris Stock, 1992: 116 View in CoL –118, 139, figs 9–18 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, 34 m). Holotype: ZMA.PYC.P.1023.

Type locality: Rio de Janeiro (22°22'S 41º32'W), Brazil. GoogleMaps

Achelia gracilis Verrill, 1900 View in CoL — Stock, 1992: 118 (Brazil: Espírito Santo, 28 m). Syn.: Achelia (?) gracilis —Verrill, 1900.

Ammothea gracilis —Cole, 1904.

Ammothea (Achelia) gracilis —Giltay, 1934.

Achelia (Pigrolavatus) gracilis —Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969. Holotype: Unknown.

Type locality: Flatts Inlet , Bermuda.

Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940 c: 81 View in CoL –86, figs 10a–f, 17 (Brazil: São Paulo, shallow water).— Stock, 1992: 118 (Brazil: São Paulo, off Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, intertidal to 98 m).— Varoli, 1996: 42 (Brazil: São Paulo).— Morgado & Tanaka, 2001: 177 [tab.] (Brazil: São Paulo, 0.6–5 m).— Vieira et al., 2012: 164 (Brazil: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago).

Syn.: Achelia (Pigrolavatus) sawayai View in CoL —Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969.

Achelia sawayai f. typica — Stock, 1986.

Non Achelia sawayai View in CoL f. besnerdi — Stock, 1986 (= A. besnardi Sawaya, 1951 View in CoL ).

Holotype: Not designated.

Type locality: Baía de Santos , São Paulo, Brazil .

Ecological notes: On seaweeds, rocky shore. On large boulders, amongst ascidians, bryozoans and sponges. On

Dictyota sp., Sargassum cymosum C. Agardh , and Sargassum rigidulum Kuetzing. On bryozoan Schizoporella

errata (Walters) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Pycnogonida

Order

Pantopoda

Family

Ammotheidae

Loc

Achelia Hodge, 1884

Lucena, Rudá Amorim & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey 2018
2018
Loc

Achelia columnaris

Stock 1992: 116
1992
Loc

Achelia gracilis

Stock 1992: 118
1992
Loc

Achelia besnardi

Stock 1992: 116
Sawaya 1951: 271
1951
Loc

Achelia sawayai

Vieira 2012: 164
Morgado 2001: 177
Varoli 1996: 42
Stock 1992: 118
Marcus 1940: 81
1940
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