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Nymphonidae

Synonyms: Nymphonides

Wikipedia Abstract

Nymphonidae is a family of sea spiders which has representatives in all the oceans. This family contains some 250 species, most of which are found in the genus Nymphon. Nymphonid bodies are between 1 and 15 mm long, the extent between the points of the legs reaching 150 mm. Most species are predators of hydroids.
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Genus

Boreonymphon (4)
Heteronymphon (9)
Neonymphon (2)
Nymphon (265)
Pentanymphon (1)
Sexanymphon (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0