Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Ascorhynchoidea > Family Ascorhynchidae

Ascorhynchus Sars, 1877

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ainigma*	Helfer, 1938	synonym
*Barana*	Dohrn, 1881	synonym
*Parazetes*		synonym

Children

Ascorhynchus abyssi Sars, 1877
Ascorhynchus arenicola (Dohrn, 1881)
Ascorhynchus armatus (Wilson, 1881)
Ascorhynchus auchenicus (Slater, 1879)
Ascorhynchus castelli (Dohrn, 1881)
Ascorhynchus endoparasiticus Arnaud, 1978
Ascorhynchus japonicum Ives, 1891
Ascorhynchus pudicus Stock, 1970
Ascorhynchus simile Fage, 1942
Ascorhynchus turritus Stock, 1978

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1877). Prodromus descriptionis crustaceorum et pycnogonidarum, quae in expeditione norvegica anno 1876, observavit. [Prodrome of the description of crustaceans and pycnogonids, which he observed during the Norwegian expedition in 1876.]. Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab. 2: 337-371.
basis of record	Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 237

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Ascorhynchus Sars, 1877. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134571