Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Nymphonoidea > Family Nymphonidae > Genus Nymphon

Nymphon gracile Leach, 1814

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nymphon*	Fabricius, 1794	accepted genus name
*Chaetonymphon*	Sars, 1888	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: slanke zeespin

French: nymphon grêle

Literature

original description	Leach, W. E. (1814). Zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Volume 1, pp. 137.
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	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Pycnobase
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.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Nymphon gracile 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:134687