Nymphon gracile

Nymphon gracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Pycnogonida
Order: Pantopoda
Family: Nymphonidae
Genus: Nymphon
Species: N. gracile
Binomial name
Nymphon gracile

Nymphon gracile is a species of sea spider first described by William Elford Leach in 1863.[1] The species highly resembles other members of the genus Nymphon, and species identification from morphological traits alone is therefore a complex task.[2]

Habitat

The species inhabits the sublittoral zone and occurs amongst hydroids and sea anemones.[3]

Diet

Feeds on coelenterates.

References

  1. 1 2 Leach, W.E. (1813, 1814). Crustaceology. Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopedia, E. Routledge, London. 7:383-384 (1813); 385-437, pl. 14 (1814).
  2. ↑ King, P.E., 1974. British Sea Spiders. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 5.
  3. ↑ Nymphon gracile at The Marine Flora & Fauna of Norway
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