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

Pycnogonidae Wilson, 1878

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Pycnogonum Brünnich, 1764 taxonomically included in

Children

Pycnogonum Brünnich, 1764

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ヨロイウミグモ科

Literature

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.

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Citation

Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Pycnogonidae 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:1567

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2023-10-08 by Romain Sabroux

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