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

Nymphonidae Wilson, 1878

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Boreonymphon Sars, 1888
Heteronymphon Gordon, 1932
Neonymphon Stock, 1955
Nymphon Fabricius, 1794

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ユメムシ科

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998.
identification resource	Child C.A. (1995). Antarctic and Subantarctic Pycnogonida. 3. The family Nymphonidae. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XXIII. , 1-68.
identification resource	Stock, J. H. (1955). Pycnogonida from the West Indies, Central America and the Pacific Coast of North America. Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-1916. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn. 117: 209-266.
identification resource	Hedgepeth, J. W. 1949 Report on The Pycnogonida Collected by the Albatross in Japanese Waters in 1900 and 1906. The Proceedings of The United States National Museum (98):
identification resource	Hedgpeth, J. W., 1948. The Pycnogonida of the western North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 97 (3216): 157-342; 4-53, 3 charts.
identification resource	Bamber R.N. 2010. Sea-spiders (Pycnogonida) of the Northeast Atlantic. Keys and notes to the identification of species. The Linnean Society of London & The Field Studies Council; The Dorset Press. 250pp.

Genbank

Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Nymphonidae Wilson, 1878. 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:1566