Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Chelicerata > Class Pycnogonida > Order Pantopoda > Suborder Eupantopodida > Superfamily Phoxichilidioidea > Family Phoxichilidiidae > Genus Phoxichilidium

Phoxichilidium femoratum (Rathke, 1799)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phoxichilidium*	Milne Edwards, 1840	accepted genus name
*Orythia*	Johnston, 1837	synonym

Species group names

*Nymphon femoratum*	Rathke, 1799	synonym
*Orythia coccineum*	Johnston, 1837	synonym
*Phoxichilidium maxillare*	Stimpson, 1853	synonym
*Phoxichilidium minor*	Wilson, 1878	synonym
*Phoxichilidium tubulariae*	Lebour, 1945	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: fjærehavedderkopp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: fjørehavedderkopp

Literature

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	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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
additional source	King, P.E. (1974). British Sea Spiders. Synopses of the British Fauna. 5.
additional source	Meinkoth, N. A. (1981). Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. 1-799.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Phoxichilidium femoratum (Rathke, 1799). 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:134741