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

Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Nymphon gracile*	Hoek, 1881	synonym
*Nymphon gracile*	Sars, 1891	synonym
*Nymphon microcollis*	Hilton, 1942	synonym
*Nymphon rubrum*	Hodge, 1864	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: rode zeespin

English: elegant sea spider sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: zierliche Asselspinne

Literature

original description	Hodge, G. (1863). Descriptions of two new species of Pycnogonoidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19(3): 463-464.
basis of record	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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863. 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:150520