title: Achelia
text: # Achelia
  
  Achelia is a genus of pycnogonids in the family Ammotheidae.
  
  ## Species
  
  The following are the species comprising the genus Achelia.
  
  * Achelia adelpha Child, 1970
  * Achelia alaskensis (Cole, 1904)
  * Achelia anomala Arnaud, 1974
  * Achelia armata Bouvier, 1916
  * Achelia aspera Loman, 1923
  * Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885)
  * Achelia australiensis Stock, 1954
  * Achelia barnardi Stock, 1959
  * Achelia besnardi Sawaya, 1951
  * Achelia bituberculata Hedgpeth, 1949
  * Achelia borealis (Schimkewitsch, 1895)
  * Achelia boschi Stock, 1992
  * Achelia brevicauda (Loman, 1904)
  * Achelia brevirostris Losina-Losinsky, 1961
  * Achelia bullosa Child, 1996
  * Achelia chelata (Hilton, 1939)
  * Achelia columnaris Stock, 1992
  * Achelia communis (Bouvier, 1906)
  * Achelia crurispinifera Kim & Kim, 1985
  * Achelia cuneatis Child, 1999
  * Achelia curticauda Nakamura, Miyazaki & Child, 1996
  * Achelia deodata Muller, 1990
  * Achelia discoidea Exline, 1936
  * Achelia dohrni (Thompson, 1884)
  * Achelia echinata Hodge, 1864
  * Achelia euryfrontalis Turpaeva, 2000
  * Achelia fernandeziana (Loman, 1920)
  * Achelia germanica (Hodgson, 1915)
  * Achelia gracilipes (Cole, 1904)
  * Achelia gracilis Verrill, 1900
  * Achelia hariettae Marcus, 1940
  * Achelia hispida Hodge, 1864
  * Achelia hoekii (Pfeffer, 1889)
  * Achelia japonica Ortmann, 1890
  * Achelia kiiensis Utinomi, 1951
  * Achelia kurilensis Losina-Losinsky, 1961
  * Achelia laevis Hodge, 1864
  * Achelia lagena Child, 1994
  * Achelia lagenaria Stock, 1992
  * Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881)
  * Achelia latifrons (Cole, 1904)
  * Achelia megacephala Hodgson, 1915
  * Achelia megova (Hilton, 1943)
  * Achelia mixta Stock, 1994
  * Achelia nana (Loman, 1908)
  * Achelia neotenica Krapp, 1986
  * Achelia orientalis Schimkewitsch, 1913
  * Achelia orpax Nakamura & Child, 1983
  * Achelia ovosetosa (Hilton, 1942)
  * Achelia parvula (Loman, 1923)
  * Achelia pribilofensis (Cole, 1904)
  * Achelia quadridentata (Hodgson, 1910)
  * Achelia rostrata Turpaeva, 2000
  * Achelia salebrosa Losina-Losinsky, 1961
  * Achelia sawayai Marcus, 1940
  * Achelia scabra Wilson, 1880
  * Achelia segmentata Utinomi, 1954
  * Achelia serratipalpis (Bouvier, 1911)
  * Achelia setulosa (Loman, 1912)
  * Achelia shepherdi Stock, 1973
  * Achelia simplex (Giltay, 1934)
  * Achelia simplissima (Hilton, 1939)
  * Achelia socors (Loman, 1908)
  * Achelia spatula Nakamura & Child, 1983
  * Achelia spicata (Hodgson, 1915)
  * Achelia spinosa (Stimpson, 1853)
  * Achelia spinoseta (Hilton, 1939)
  * Achelia sufflata Gordon, 1944
  * Achelia superba (Loman, 1911)
  * Achelia tenuipes Stock, 1990
  * Achelia transfuga Stock, 1954
  * Achelia transfugoides Stock, 1973
  * Achelia turba Stock, 1990
  * Achelia vulgaris (Costa, 1861)
  * Achelia watamu (Müller, 1990)
  