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 carolinensis Leach, 1814

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 charcoti*	(Bouvier, 1905)	synonym
*Ammothea curculio*	Bouvier, 1906	synonym
*Ammothea gibbosa*	(Möbius, 1902)	synonym
*Ammothea grande*	(Bouvier, 1906)	synonym
*Ammothea grandis*	Pfeffer, 1889	synonym
*Colossendeis gibbosa*	Möbius, 1902	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. Ammothea carolinensis Leach, 1814. 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:172906