Family Ammotheidae Dohrn 1881 (sea spider)
Pycnogonida - Pantopoda - Ammotheidae
Synonyms: Ammothellidae Fry 1978, Ephyrogymnidae Fry 1978, Eurycididae Sars 1891, Oorhynchidae Schimkewitsch 1913, Paranymphonidae Fry 1978, Sericosuridae Fry 1978, Tanystylidae Shimkevich 1913, Trygaeidae Fry 1978
Parent taxon: Pantopoda according to J.A. Dunlop et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Ascorhynchidae, Austrodecidae, Callipallenidae, Colossendeidae, Endeidae, Nymphonidae, Palaeopycnogonididae, Pallenopsidae, Phoxichilidiidae, Pycnogonidae, Rhynchothoracidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ammotheidae in the database