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

Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, 1878

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tanystylum*	Miers, 1879	accepted genus name
*Discoarachne*	Hoek, 1881	synonym

Literature

original description	Wilson, E. B. (1878). Descriptions of two new genera of Pycnogonida. American Journal of Science. s3-15(87): 200-203.
basis of record	Sabroux, R., Hassanin, A. & Corbari, L. (2022). Sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) collected during the Madibenthos Expedition from Martinique shallow waters. European Journal of Taxonomy. 851: 1-141.
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	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799.
additional source	Child, C. A. 2009. Pycnogonida and Xiphosura (Cheliceriformes) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 815–820 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Tanystylum orbiculare Wilson, 1878. 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:134635