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Nymphon Fabricius, 1794

AphiaID

134591 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134591)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nymphonidae Wilson, 1878

Synonymised names

Chaetonymphon Sars, 1888 · unaccepted

Ninphum Nardo, 1847 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (incorrect spelling of Nymphon)

Direct children (339)

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Species Nymphon aculeatum Child, 1994
Species Nymphon adami Giltay, 1937
Species Nymphon adareanum Hodgson, 1907
Species Nymphon adenense Muller, 1989
Species Nymphon adenopus Stock, 1991
Species Nymphon aemulum Stock, 1975
Species Nymphon aequidigitatum Haswell, 1885
Species Nymphon akanei Nakamura & Child, 1983
Species Nymphon akanthochoeros Bamber & Thurston, 1995
Species Nymphon albatrossi Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon aldabrense Child, 1988
Species Nymphon andamanense Calman, 1923
Species Nymphon andriashevi Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon angolense Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon apertum Turpaeva, 2004
Species Nymphon apheles Child, 1979
Species Nymphon apicatum Stock, 1991
Species Nymphon arabicum Calman, 1938
Species Nymphon arcuatum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon aritai Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon articulare Hodgson, 1908
Species Nymphon australe Hodgson, 1902
Species Nymphon banzare Gordon, 1944
Species Nymphon barnardi Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon basispinosum Hilton, 1942
Species Nymphon benthos Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon bergi Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon biarticulatum (Hodgson, 1907)
Species Nymphon bicornum Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon biformidens Stock, 1974
Species Nymphon bigibbulare Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon biserratum Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon boogoora Bamber, 2008
Species Nymphon boraborae Muller, 1990
Species Nymphon bouvieri Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon brachyrhynchum Hoek, 1881
Species Nymphon braschnikowi Schimkewitsch, 1906
Species Nymphon brevicaudatum Miers, 1875
Species Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863
Species Nymphon brevis Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon brevitarse Krøyer, 1844
Species Nymphon bucuspidum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon bullatum Stock, 1992
Species Nymphon bunyipi Clark, 1963
Species Nymphon caementarum Stock, 1975
Species Nymphon caldarium Stock, 1987
Species Nymphon calypso Fage, 1959
Species Nymphon centrum Child, 1997
Species Nymphon chaetochir Utinomi, 1971
Species Nymphon chainae Child, 1982
Species Nymphon charcoti Bouvier, 1911
Species Nymphon citerium Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon clarencei Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon cognatum Loman, 1928
Species Nymphon comes Flynn, 1928
Species Nymphon compactum Hoek, 1881
Species Nymphon conirostrum Stock, 1973
Species Nymphon crenatiunguis Barnard, 1946
Species Nymphon crosnieri Stock, 1965
Species Nymphon curvidens Stock, 1990
Species Nymphon dentatum Staples, 2019
Species Nymphon dentiferum Child, 1997
Species Nymphon diabolum Child, 1988
Species Nymphon discorsicoxae Child, 1982
Species Nymphon dissimilis Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon distensum Möbius, 1902
Species Nymphon dorlis Sabroux, 2022
Species Nymphon draconum Child, 1990
Species Nymphon dubitabile Stock, 1973
Species Nymphon duospinum Hilton, 1942
Species Nymphon elegans Hansen, 1887
Species Nymphon elongatum Hilton, 1942
Species Nymphon eltaninae Child, 1995
Species Nymphon enteonum Child, 2002
Species Nymphon falcatum Utinomi, 1955
Species Nymphon femorale Fage, 1956
Species Nymphon filatovae Turpaeva, 1993
Species Nymphon floridanum Hedgpeth, 1948
Species Nymphon forceps Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon foresti Fage, 1953
Species Nymphon forticulum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon fortunatum Stock, 1997
Species Nymphon foxi Calman, 1927
Species Nymphon frigidum Hodgson, 1907
Species Nymphon galatheae Fage, 1956
Species Nymphon gerlachei Giltay, 1935
Species Nymphon giltayi Hedgpeth, 1948
Species Nymphon giraffa Loman, 1908
Species Nymphon glabrum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon gracile Leach, 1814
Species Nymphon gracilipes Miers, 1875
Species Nymphon granulatum Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon gravidus Staples, 2019
Species Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon grus Stock, 1991
Species Nymphon gruveli Bouvier, 1910
Species Nymphon gruzovi Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon gunteri Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon hadale Child, 1982
Species Nymphon hamatum Hoek, 1881
Species Nymphon hampsoni Child, 1982
Species Nymphon hedgpethi Stock, 1953
Species Nymphon helleri Bohm, 1879
Species Nymphon heterodenticulatum Hedgpeth, 1941
Species Nymphon heterodentum Turpaeva, 1991
Species Nymphon heterospinum Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon hiemale Hodgson, 1907
Species Nymphon hirsutum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon hirtipes Bell, 1855
Species Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780
Species Nymphon hodgsoni Schimkewitsch, 1913
Species Nymphon immane Stock, 1954
Species Nymphon improcerum Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon inaequipes Stock, 1992
Species Nymphon inerme Fage, 1956
Species Nymphon inferum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon infundibulum Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon inornatum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon isaenki Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon japonicum Ortmann, 1891
Species Nymphon kensleyi Child, 1988
Species Nymphon kodanii Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon kurilense Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon kurilocompactum Turpaeva, 2004
Species Nymphon kurilokamchaticum Turpaeva, 1971
Species Nymphon lanare Hodgson, 1907
Species Nymphon laneum Turpaeva, 2006
Species Nymphon laterospinum Stock, 1963
Species Nymphon leptocheles Sars, 1888
Species Nymphon lituus Child, 1979
Species Nymphon lobatum Stock, 1962
Species Nymphon lomani Gordon, 1944
Species Nymphon longicaudatum Carpenter, 1904
Species Nymphon longicollum Hoek, 1881
Species Nymphon longicoxa Hoek, 1881
Species Nymphon longimanum Sars, 1888
Species Nymphon longispinum Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon longitarse Krøyer, 1844
Species Nymphon longituberculatum Olsen, 1913
Species Nymphon ludovici Sabroux, 2022
Species Nymphon macabou Muller, 1990
Species Nymphon macilentum Stock, 1981
Species Nymphon macquariensis Child, 1995
Species Nymphon macrochelatum Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon macronyx Sars, 1877
Species Nymphon macrum Wilson, 1880
Species Nymphon maculatum Carpenter, 1910
Species Nymphon maldivense Clark, 1961
Species Nymphon maoriana Clark, 1958
Species Nymphon martinicum Sabroux, 2022
Species Nymphon maruyamai Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon mauritanicum Fage, 1942
Species Nymphon megacheles Child, 1988
Species Nymphon megalops Sars, 1877
Species Nymphon mendosum (Hodgson, 1907)
Species Nymphon microctenatum Barnard, 1946
Species Nymphon microgracilipes Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon micronesicum Child, 1982
Species Nymphon micronyx Sars, 1888
Species Nymphon micropedes Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon microrhynchum G.O. Sars, 1888
Species Nymphon microsetosum Hilton, 1942
Species Nymphon modestum Stock, 1959
Species Nymphon molleri Clark, 1963
Species Nymphon molum Hilton, 1942
Species Nymphon monothrix Child, 1995
Species Nymphon multidens Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon multituberculatum Gordon, 1944
Species Nymphon nagannuense Takahashi, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012
Species Nymphon nakamurai Munilla & Soler-Membrives, 2015
Species Nymphon natalense Flynn, 1928
Species Nymphon neelovi Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon neumayri Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon nipponense Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon novaecaledoniae Stock, 1991
Species Nymphon novaehollandiae Clark, 1963
Species Nymphon nugax Stock, 1966
Species Nymphon obesum Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon ochoticum Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon ohshimai Hedgpeth, 1949
Species Nymphon okudai Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon orcadense (Hodgson, 1908)
Species Nymphon ortmanni Helfer, 1938
Species Nymphon pagophilum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon paralobatum Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon parasiticum Merton, 1906
Species Nymphon parum Stock, 1991
Species Nymphon paucidens Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon paucituberculatum Gordon, 1944
Species Nymphon pedunculatum Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon perlucidum Hoek P.P.C., 1881
Species Nymphon petri Turpaeva, 1993
Species Nymphon pfefferi Loman, 1923
Species Nymphon phasmatodes Bohm, 1879
Species Nymphon pilosum Möbius, 1902
Species Nymphon pixellae Scott, 1912
Species Nymphon plectrum Takahashi, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012
Species Nymphon pleodon Stock, 1962
Species Nymphon polyglia Bamber, 2004
Species Nymphon premordicum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon primacoxa Stock, 1968
Species Nymphon proceroides Bouvier, 1911
Species Nymphon procerum Hoek, 1881
Species Nymphon profundum Hilton, 1942
Species Nymphon prolatum Fage, 1942
Species Nymphon proximum Calman, 1915
Species Nymphon pseudogracilipes Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon puellula Krapp, 1973
Species Nymphon pumillum Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon punctum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon quadriclavus Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon residuum Stock, 1971
Species Nymphon rogersi Staples, 2019
Species Nymphon rottnesti Child, 1975
Species Nymphon rybakovi Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon sabellum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon sandersi Child, 1982
Species Nymphon sarsii Meinert, 1899
Species Nymphon schimkewitschi Losina-Losinsky, 1929
Species Nymphon schmidti Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon scotiae Stock, 1981
Species Nymphon serpettiae Staples, 2019
Species Nymphon serratidentatum Arnaud & Child, 1988
Species Nymphon serratum G. O. Sars, 1879
Species Nymphon setimanus Barnard, 1946
Species Nymphon setipedes Child, 1988
Species Nymphon signatum Möbius, 1902
Species Nymphon simulare Child C.A., 1992
Species Nymphon simulatum Nakamura & Child, 1991
Species Nymphon singulare Stock, 1954
Species Nymphon sluiteri Hoek, 1901
Species Nymphon soyoi Utinomi, 1955
Species Nymphon spinifex Stock, 1997
Species Nymphon spiniventris Stock, 1953
Species Nymphon stenocheir Norman, 1908
Species Nymphon stipulum Child, 1990
Species Nymphon stocki Utinomi, 1955
Species Nymphon striatum Losina-Losinsky, 1929
Species Nymphon stroemi Krøyer, 1844
Species Nymphon subtile Loman, 1923
Species Nymphon surinamense Stock, 1975
Species Nymphon tanypalpes Child, 1988
Species Nymphon tenellum (Sars, 1888)
Species Nymphon tenuimanum Hodgson, 1914
Species Nymphon tenuipes Bouvier, 1911
Species Nymphon timons Sabroux, 2022
Species Nymphon torulum Child, 1998
Species Nymphon tricuspidatum Soler-Membrives & Munilla, 2011
Species Nymphon tripectinatum Turpaeva, 1971
Species Nymphon trispinum Child, 1998
Species Nymphon trituberculum Child, 1995
Species Nymphon tuberculare Losina-Losinsky, 1961
Species Nymphon tubiferum Stock, 1978
Species Nymphon typhlops (Hodgson, 1915)
Species Nymphon uncatum Child, 1998
Species Nymphon unguiculatum Hodgson, 1914
Species Nymphon uniunguiculatum Losina-Losinsky, 1933
Species Nymphon vacans Child, 1997
Species Nymphon villosum (Hodgson, 1907)
Species Nymphon vulcanellum Stock, 1992
Species Nymphon vulsum Stock, 1986
Species Nymphon walvisense Stock, 1981
Species Nymphon zundianum Pushkin, 1993
Species Nymphon abyssale Stock, 1968 accepted as Heteronymphon abyssale (Stock, 1968)
Species Nymphon affine Stock, 1951 accepted as Nymphon comes Flynn, 1928
Species Nymphon altioculatum Möbius, 1902 accepted as Nymphon australe Hodgson, 1902
Species Nymphon antarcticum Miers, 1879 accepted as Nymphon gracilipes Miers, 1875
Species Nymphon antarcticum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Nymphon pfefferi Loman, 1923 (Preoccupied)
Species Nymphon assimile (Hodgson, 1908) accepted as Nymphon australe Hodgson, 1902
Species Nymphon bipunctatum Flynn, 1928 accepted as Nymphon pilosum Möbius, 1902
Species Nymphon brevicollum Hoek, 1881 accepted as Nymphon macrum Wilson, 1880 (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon capense Hodgson, 1908 accepted as Nymphon phasmatodes Bohm, 1879
Species Nymphon compactum Losina-Losinsky, 1961 accepted as Nymphon kurilocompactum Turpaeva, 2004 (name preoccupied)
Species Nymphon femoratum Leach, 1814 accepted as Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780 (preoccupied)
Species Nymphon femoratum Rathke, 1799 accepted as Phoxichilidium femoratum (Rathke, 1799)
Species Nymphon flindersi Child, 1975 accepted as Nymphon rottnesti Child, 1975 (synonym)
Species Nymphon fuscum Hoek, 1881 accepted as Nymphon gracilipes Miers, 1875
Species Nymphon gallicum Hoek, 1881 accepted as Nymphon gracile Leach, 1814
Species Nymphon gerlachi Giltay L., 1935 accepted as Nymphon gerlachei Giltay, 1935 (misspelling)
Species Nymphon giganteum Goodsir, 1845 accepted as Nymphon stroemi Krøyer, 1844 (synonym)
Species Nymphon glaciale Lilljeborg, 1851 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon gracile Hoek, 1881 accepted as Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863
Species Nymphon gracile Sars, 1891 accepted as Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863
Species Nymphon gracile Schimkewitsch, 1890 accepted as Nymphon subtile Loman, 1923
Species Nymphon gracilipes Dars, 1977 accepted as Nymphon elegans Hansen, 1887
Species Nymphon gracilipes Heller, 1875 accepted as Nymphon helleri Bohm, 1879
Species Nymphon gracillimum Calman, 1915 accepted as Nymphon hiemale Hodgson, 1907 (synonym)
Species Nymphon groenlandicum Meinert, 1899 accepted as Nymphon leptocheles Sars, 1888 (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon hiemale Hedgpeth, 1950 accepted as Nymphon clarencei Gordon, 1932
Species Nymphon horridum Böhm, 1879 accepted as Nymphon brevicaudatum Miers, 1875
Species Nymphon isabellae Turpaeva, 2000 accepted as Nymphon gerlachei Giltay, 1935
Species Nymphon jan-mayanensis Appellof, 1907 accepted as Nymphon stroemi Krøyer, 1844
Species Nymphon johnsonianum White, 1847 accepted as Pallenopsis Wilson, 1881
Species Nymphon johnstoni Goodsir, 1842 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780) (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon longitarse Hansen, 1887 accepted as Nymphon microrhynchum G.O. Sars, 1888
Species Nymphon meridionale Hoek, 1881 accepted as Nymphon gracilipes Miers, 1875
Species Nymphon microcollis Hilton, 1942 accepted as Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863 (Synonym)
Species Nymphon mixtum Krøyer, 1844 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon nigrognathum Hilton, 1942 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon noctum Hilton, 1942 accepted as Nymphon profundum Hilton, 1942 (synonym)
Species Nymphon oculospinum Hilton, 1942 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon pallenoides Wilson, 1881 accepted as Nymphon tenellum (Sars, 1888) (misidentification)
Species Nymphon pallenoides G. O. Sars, 1879 accepted as Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780 (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon piliferum Carpenter, 1898 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780) (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon preceroides Bouvier E.L., 1911 accepted as Nymphon proceroides Bouvier, 1911
Species Nymphon pseudogracilis Pushkin A.F., 1993 accepted as Nymphon pseudogracilipes Pushkin, 1993 (misspelling)
Species Nymphon quadrispinum (Hilton, W.A., 1942) accepted as Nymphon duospinum Hilton, 1942 (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon robustum Bell, 1855 accepted as Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1855) (Moved genus)
Species Nymphon rubrum Hodge, 1864 accepted as Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863 (synonym)
Species Nymphon sarsii Schimkewitsch, 1895 accepted as Nymphon schimkewitschi Losina-Losinsky, 1929 (preoccupied)
Species Nymphon similis Goodsir, 1842 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon similis Child, 1992 non Goodsir, 1844 accepted as Nymphon simulare Child C.A., 1992 (Preoccupied)
Species Nymphon solitarium Exline, 1936 accepted as Nymphon pixellae Scott, 1912
Species Nymphon soyae Utinomi, 1953 accepted as Nymphon tenuipes Bouvier, 1911 (synonym)
Species Nymphon spicatum Child, 1982 accepted as Nymphon typhlops (Hodgson, 1915)
Species Nymphon spinosissimum (Norman, 1894) accepted as Nymphon tenellum (Sars, 1888)
Species Nymphon spinosum Goodsir, 1842 accepted as Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780 (Jumior synonym)
Species Nymphon spinosum Meinert, 1899 accepted as Nymphon hirtipes Bell, 1855 (Junior synonym)
Species Nymphon spinosum Sars, 1891 accepted as Nymphon tenellum (Sars, 1888) (Misidentification)
Species Nymphon stocki Turpaeva, 1974 accepted as Nymphon scotiae Stock, 1981 (preoccupied)
Species Nymphon strömii Krøyer H., 1844 accepted as Nymphon stroemi Krøyer, 1844 (invalid spelling)
Species Nymphon styligerum Miers, 1875 accepted as Tanystylum styligerum (Miers, 1875)
Species Nymphon stylops Bouvier E.L., 1911 accepted as Nymphon australe Hodgson, 1902 (synonym)
Species Nymphon tenuimanus Hodgson, 1915 accepted as Nymphon tenuimanum Hodgson, 1914 (incorrect spelling)
Species Nymphon tridentatum Hodgson, 1907 accepted as Nymphon pfefferi Loman, 1923
Species Nymphon tuberculatum Losina-Losinsky L.K., 1961 accepted as Nymphon tuberculare Losina-Losinsky, 1961 (misspelling)
Species Nymphon turritum Exline, 1926 accepted as Nymphon grossipes (Fabricius, 1780)
Species Nymphon validum Haswell, 1885 accepted as Anoropallene valida (Haswell, 1884)
Species Nymphon variatum Hilton, 1942 accepted as Nymphon pixellae Scott, 1912
Species Nymphon veelovi Pushkin A.F., 1993 accepted as Nymphon neelovi Pushkin, 1993 (misspelling)
Species Nymphon exiguum Hodgson, 1914 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon hoekii Meinert, 1899 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon longiceps Grube, 1869 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon longisetosum Hodgson, 1914 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon marinum (Strøm, 1762) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon minutum Goodsir, 1842 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon pellucidum Goodsir, 1842 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon phasma White, 1847 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Nymphon polare Hodgson, 1914 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine

Original description

Fabricius, O. (1794). Heltens Gjelle-Orm, Lernaea lavareti. [Hero's Worm, Lernaea lavareti.]. In: Bidrag til Snylte-Ormenes Historie., Skr. Naturh.-Selsk. Kibenhavn. 3(2):21-25, pl. 3 figs. 1-5. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P. (Eds) (2024). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Nymphon Fabricius, 1794. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134591 on 2024-12-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Legakis, Anastasios

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original description Fabricius, O. (1794). Heltens Gjelle-Orm, Lernaea lavareti. [Hero's Worm, Lernaea lavareti.]. In: Bidrag til Snylte-Ormenes Historie., Skr. Naturh.-Selsk. Kibenhavn. 3(2):21-25, pl. 3 figs. 1-5. [details]

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors