Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Ammotheoidea > Family Ammotheidae > Subfamily Ammotheinae > Genus Ammothea

Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ammothea*	Leach, 1814	accepted genus name
*Corniger*	Böhm, 1879	synonym
*Ecleipsothremma*	Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969	synonym
*Lecythorhynchus*	Böhm, 1879	synonym
*Leionymphon*	Möbius, 1902	synonym

Species group names

*Ammothea marginatum*	(Cole, 1904)	synonym
*Ammothea ovatus*	Hilton, 1942	synonym
*Ammothea ovatus*	(Hilton, 1942)	synonym
*Corniger hilgendorfi*	Böhm, 1879	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zebrazeespin sources: Perk, F.A., Faasse, M.A. (2014). De zebrazeespin Ammothea hilgendorfi waargenomen in het litoraal bij Zierikzee. Het Zeepaard. 74(3): 93-97.

Japanese: Shima Umigumo; シマウミグモ

Literature

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
additional source	Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 17:2943–2962.
additional source	Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. Biological Invasions. 13(1): 215-237.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134607