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

Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Achelia*	Hodge, 1864	accepted genus name
*Ammothea (Achelia)*		synonym
*Austrothea*	Hodgson, 1915	synonym

Species group names

*Achelia affinis*	(Bouvier, 1906)	synonym
*Achelia hoeki*	(Loman, 1923)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Munilla, T.; Soler Membrives, A. (2008). Check-list of the pycnogonids from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters: zoogeographic implications. Antarctic Science. 21(02): 99.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906). 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:172858