Nymphon leptocheles

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

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]

Sea spider Marine arthropod of class Pycnogonida

Sea spiders, also called Pantopoda or pycnogonids, are marine arthropods of class Pycnogonida. They are cosmopolitan, found in oceans around the world. There are over 1300 known species, with a leg span ranging from 1 mm (0.04 in) to over 70 cm (2.3 ft). Most are toward the smaller end of this range in relatively shallow depths; however, they can grow to be quite large in Antarctic and deep waters.

Georg Ossian Sars Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist

Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE was a Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist.

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Habitat

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

Hydroid (zoology) life stage

Hydroids are a life stage for most animals of the class Hydrozoa, small predators related to jellyfish. Some hydroids such as the freshwater Hydra are solitary, with the polyp attached directly to the substrate. When these produce buds, they become detached and grow on as new individuals.

Diet

N. leptocheles feeds on coelenterates.

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References

  1. 1 2 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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