Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Colossendeoidea > Family Pycnogonidae

Pycnogonum Brünnich, 1764

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pycnogonum (Retroviger)
Pycnogonum cessaci Bouvier, 1911
Pycnogonum crassirostrum Sars, 1888
Pycnogonum kussakini Turpaeva, 2000
Pycnogonum litorale (Strøm, 1762)
Pycnogonum nodulosum Dohrn, 1881
Pycnogonum plumipes Stock, 1960

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヨロイウミグモ属

Literature

original description	Stock, J. H. (1991). Deep-water Pycnogonida from the surroundings of New Caledonia. in: Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 8. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 151, 125-212.
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
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum. 43: 1-107.
additional source	King, P.E. (1974). British Sea Spiders. Synopses of the British Fauna. 5.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Pycnogonum Brünnich, 1764. 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:134595