Nymphon leptocheles

Nymphon leptocheles is a species of sea spider first described by Georg Ossian Sars in 1888.[1][2] The species greatly resembles other members of the genus Nymphon, and species identification from morphological traits alone is therefore a complex task.[3]

Nymphon leptocheles
The pycnogonid Nymphon leptocheles grazes on a hydroid Tubularia indivisa whilst a nudibranch Lophodoris danielsseni eats a bryozoan growing on its leg.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Nymphonidae
Genus: Nymphon
Species:
N. leptocheles
Binomial name
Nymphon leptocheles
Sars, 1888[1]

Habitat

The species inhabits the sublittoral zone and occurs amongst hydroids and sea anemones.

Diet

N. leptocheles feeds on coelenterates.

References

  1. Sars, G.O. (1888). Pycnogonida borealia et arctica enumerat (Prodromus descriptionis). - Arch. Math. Naturvidensk., Oslo, 12: 339-356.
  2. Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Bamber RN, El Nagar A, Arango C (eds.). "Nymphon leptocheles Sars, 1888". Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. Nymphon leptocheles at Marine Species Identification Portal
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