Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Boreonymphon abyssorum		Northeast Atlantic and Ar		1873
Boreonymphon compactum		Northern Atlantic		1972
Boreonymphon ossiansarsi		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1972
Boreonymphon robustum		Arctic Ocean and Northwes		1855
Heteronymphon abyssale		Western Central Atlantic		1968
Heteronymphon bioculatum		Northern Pacific		1956
Heteronymphon birsteini		Northeast Pacific.		1956
Heteronymphon caecigenum		Southwest Atlantic	2.2 LS	1997
Heteronymphon exiguum		Southwest Pacific and the	1.1 LS	1927
Heteronymphon horikoshii		North Pacific		1985
Heteronymphon krappi		Antarctic Ocean.		2015
Heteronymphon ponsitor		Atlantic Ocean.		1982
Heteronymphon profundum		Northwest Pacific		1956
Neonymphon caecum		Western Central Atlantic		1955
Nymphon aculeatum		Eastern Pacific and the A	9 LS	1994
Nymphon adami		Eastern Central Atlantic		1937
Nymphon adareanum		Antarctic		1907
Nymphon adenense		Western Indian Ocean		1989
Nymphon adenopus		Western Central Pacific		1991
Nymphon aemulum		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Nymphon aequidigitatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1885
Nymphon affine		Eastern Indian Ocean		1951
Nymphon akanei		Northwest Pacific		1983
Nymphon akanthochoeros		Northeast Atlantic		1995
Nymphon albatrossi		Pacific Ocean.		1949
Nymphon aldabraense		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon altioculatum		Western Indian Ocean		1902
Nymphon andamanense		Eastern Indian Ocean		1923
Nymphon andriashevi		Southern Atlantic and Ant		1993
Nymphon angolense		Southeast Atlantic		1932
Nymphon apheles		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Nymphon apicatum		Western Central Pacific		1991
Nymphon arabicum		Western Indian Ocean		1938
Nymphon arcuatum		Southeast Pacific and Sou		1995
Nymphon aritai		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon articulare		Antarctica Atlantic	2.2 LS	1908
Nymphon australe		Southeast Pacific, Wester		1902
Nymphon banzare		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa		1944
Nymphon barnardi		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon basispinosum		Pacific Ocean		1942
Nymphon benthos		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon bergi		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nymphon biarticulatum		Antarctic.		1907
Nymphon bicornum		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon biformidens		Indo-West Pacific.		1974
Nymphon bigibbulare		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nymphon bipunctatum		Northwest Pacific		1928
Nymphon biserratum		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nymphon boraborae		Pacific Ocean		1990
Nymphon bouvieri		Antarctic Atlantic		1932
Nymphon brachyrhynchum		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1881
Nymphon braschnikowi		Northwest Pacific		1907
Nymphon brevicaudatum		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa		1875
Nymphon brevirostre		Arctic, Northeast Atlanti		1863
Nymphon brevis		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon brevitarse		Pacific and Arctic Oceans		1838
Nymphon bucuspidum		Southwest Pacific	6 LS	1995
Nymphon bullatum		Southwest Atlantic		1992
Nymphon bunyipi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1963
Nymphon caementarum		Eastern Central Pacific		1975
Nymphon caldarium		Eastern Atlantic and West		1987
Nymphon calypso		Eastern Atlantic		1959
Nymphon capense		Eastern Atlantic		1908
Nymphon centrum		Southwest Atlantic	2.4 LS	1997
Nymphon chaetochir		Southwest Pacific		1971
Nymphon chainae		Atlantic Ocean		1982
Nymphon charcoti		Antarctic		1911
Nymphon citerium		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon clarencei		Antarctic Pacific and Atl		1932
Nymphon cognatum		Eastern Atlantic		1928
Nymphon comes		Southeast Atlantic		1928
Nymphon compactum		Southwest Pacific and Ant		1881
Nymphon conirostrum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1973
Nymphon crenatiunguis		Western Indian Ocean		1946
Nymphon crosnieri		Western Indian Ocean		1965
Nymphon curvidens		Eastern Atlantic		1990
Nymphon dentiferum		Southwest Atlantic	4.8 LS	1997
Nymphon diabolus		Indo-Pacific		1988
Nymphon discorsicoxae		Southwest Atlantic		1982
Nymphon dissimilis		Northern Pacific		1949
Nymphon distensum		Western Indian Ocean		1902
Nymphon draconis		Western Central Pacific		1990
Nymphon dubitabile		Eastern Indian Ocean		1973
Nymphon duospinum		Pacific Ocean		1942
Nymphon elegans		Northeast Atlantic and th		1887
Nymphon elongatum		Eastern Pacific		1942
Nymphon eltaninae		Antarctic Pacific	5.5 LS	1995
Nymphon enteonum		Western Indian Ocean.		2002
Nymphon falcatum		Northwest Pacific		1955
Nymphon femorale		Indo-Pacific		1956
Nymphon filatovae		Southwest Atlantic and th		1993
Nymphon flindersi		Southwest Atlantic and th		1975
Nymphon floridanum		Western Central Atlantic.		1948
Nymphon forceps		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon foresti		Eastern Atlantic		1953
Nymphon forticulum		Antarctic Atlantic	2.3 LS	1995
Nymphon fortunatum		Western Central Pacific		1997
Nymphon foxi		Western Indian Ocean		1927
Nymphon frigidum		Antarctic Pacific		1907
Nymphon galatheae		Southwest Pacific and the		1956
Nymphon gerlachei		Antarctic Pacific and Atl		1935
Nymphon giltayi		Western Atlantic		1948
Nymphon giraffa		Central Indo-West Pacific		1908
Nymphon glabrum		Atlantic Antarctic		1995
Nymphon gracile		Northeast Atlantic		1814
Nymphon gracilipes		Indo-West Pacific and the		1875
Nymphon granulatum		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon grossipes		Northern Atlantic, Northe		1780
Nymphon grus		Central Indo-West Pacific		1991
Nymphon gruveli		Eastern Atlantic		1910
Nymphon gruzovi		Southwest Atlantic and An		1993
Nymphon gunteri		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon hadale		Antarctic Atlantic.		1982
Nymphon hamatum		Southern Indian Ocean and		1881
Nymphon hampsoni		Southwest Atlantic and An		1982
Nymphon hedgpethi		Central Indo-West Pacific		1953
Nymphon heterodenticulatum		Eastern Pacific		1941
Nymphon heterodentum		Western Indian Ocean		1991
Nymphon heterospinum		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon hiemale		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa	8.1 LS	1907
Nymphon hirsutum		Northwest Pacific	1.3 TRKL	1995
Nymphon hirtipes		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1853
Nymphon hirtum		Arctic Ocean and Northern		1844
Nymphon hodgsoni		Northwest Pacific		1913
Nymphon immane		Southwest Pacific		1954
Nymphon improcerum		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon inaequipes		Southwest Atlantic		1992
Nymphon inerme		Southwest Pacific, Easter		1956
Nymphon inferum		Southwest Atlantic and An		1995
Nymphon infundibulum		Northwest Pacific (Kii St		1991
Nymphon inornatum		Atlantic Antarctic.	2.5 LS	1995
Nymphon isaenki		Southern Indian Ocean and		1993
Nymphon japonicum		Northwest Pacific		1891
Nymphon kensleyi		Western Central Atlantic		1988
Nymphon kodanii		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon kurilense		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nymphon kurilokamchaticum		Northern Pacific		1971
Nymphon lanare		Antarctic		1907
Nymphon laterospinum		Northern Atlantic and Ind		1963
Nymphon leptocheles		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1888
Nymphon lituus		Eastern Pacific		1979
Nymphon lobatum		Southeast Atlantic		1962
Nymphon lomani		Antarctic Pacific and Ind		1944
Nymphon longicaudatum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1904
Nymphon longicollum		Southwest Pacific and the		1881
Nymphon longicoxa		Southwest Atlantic, South		1881
Nymphon longimanum		Arctic Ocean and Northern		1888
Nymphon longispinum		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon longitarse		Northwest Pacific, Arctic		1844
Nymphon macabou		Western Central Atlantic		1990
Nymphon macilentum		Central Indo-West Pacific		1981
Nymphon macquariensis		Southwest Pacific	0.9 LS	1995
Nymphon macrochelatum		Antarctic Pacific		1993
Nymphon macronyx		Northeast Atlantic and Ar		1877
Nymphon macrum		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean		1880
Nymphon maculatum		Western Indian Ocean		1910
Nymphon maldivense		Western Indian Ocean		1961
Nymphon maoriana		Southwest Pacific		1958
Nymphon maruyamai		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon mauretanicum		Eastern Central Atlantic		1942
Nymphon megacheles		Western Central Pacific	0.9 LS	1988
Nymphon megalops		Arctic Ocean and Northern		1877
Nymphon mendosum		Circumpolar.		1907
Nymphon microctenatum		Western Indian Ocean		1946
Nymphon microgracilipes		Southern Indian Ocean and		1993
Nymphon micronesicum		Western Central Atlantic		1982
Nymphon micronyx		Arctic Ocean, Northeast A		1888
Nymphon micropedes		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon microrhynchum		Arctic Ocean (in mari car		1888
Nymphon microsetosum		Eastern Pacific		1942
Nymphon modestum		Southeast Atlantic		1959
Nymphon molleri		Indo-West Pacific		1963
Nymphon molum		Eastern Pacific		1942
Nymphon monothrix		Antarctic Pacific	6.1 LS	1995
Nymphon multidens		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa		1932
Nymphon multituberculatum		Antarctic Atlantic		1944
Nymphon nakamurai		Western Central Pacific a		1994
Nymphon natalense		Western Indian Ocean		1928
Nymphon neelovi		Antarctic		1993
Nymphon neumayri		Antarctic Atlantic		1932
Nymphon nipponense		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon novaecaledoniae		Western Central Pacific		1991
Nymphon novaehollandiae		Eastern Indian Ocean		1963
Nymphon nugax		Eastern Central Atlantic		1966
Nymphon obesum		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon ochoticum		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nymphon ohshimai		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nymphon okudai		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon orcadense		Southwest Atlantic and An		1908
Nymphon ortmanni		Northwest Pacific		1938
Nymphon pagophilum		Antarctic Atlantic	4.4 LS	1995
Nymphon paralobatum		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon parasiticum		Eastern Atlantic and Medi		1906
Nymphon parum		Western Central Pacific		1991
Nymphon paucidens		Pacific Ocean and Antarct	2.8 LS	1932
Nymphon paucituberculatum		Antarctic and Sub Antarct		1944
Nymphon pedunculatum		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon petri		Southern Atlantic.		1993
Nymphon pfefferi		Southeast Pacific and Ant		1923
Nymphon phasmatodes		Southeast Atlantic		1879
Nymphon pilosum		Western Indian Ocean		1902
Nymphon pixellae	Giant sea spider	Eastern Pacific		1912
Nymphon pleodon		Western Indian Ocean		1962
Nymphon polyglia		Northwest Pacific		2004
Nymphon primacoxa		Western Indian Ocean		1968
Nymphon proceroides		Antarctic Atlantic	3.8 LS	1911
Nymphon procerum		Southern Atlantic and the		1881
Nymphon profundum		Pacific Ocean		1942
Nymphon prolatum		Eastern Central Atlantic		1942
Nymphon proximum		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa		1910
Nymphon pseudogracilipes		Antarctic		1993
Nymphon puellula		Mediterranean		1973
Nymphon pumillum		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon punctum		Southwest Pacific	2.5 LS	1995
Nymphon quadriclavus		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon residuum		Western Indian Ocean		1971
Nymphon rottnesti		Eastern Indian Ocean		1975
Nymphon rubrum		Northern Atlantic and Arc		1865
Nymphon rybakovi		Southern Atlantic and Ant		1993
Nymphon sabellum		Southeast Pacific.	3.1 LS	1995
Nymphon sandersi		Southwest Atlantic		1982
Nymphon schimkewitschi		Arctic Ocean and Northern		1929
Nymphon schmidti		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nymphon scotiae		Antarctic Atlantic and So		1981
Nymphon serratidentatum		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon serratum		Arctic and Northern Atlan		1879
Nymphon setimanus		Western Indian Ocean		1946
Nymphon setipedes		Western Central Atlantic		1988
Nymphon signatum	Scarlet sea spider	Western Indian Ocean		1902
Nymphon simulare		Western Indian Ocean		1992
Nymphon simulatum		Northwest Pacific		1991
Nymphon singulare		Southwest Pacific		1954
Nymphon sluiteri		Circum-arctic		1901
Nymphon soyoi		Northwest Pacific		1955
Nymphon spicatum		Northwest Pacific		1982
Nymphon spinifex		Western Central Pacific		1997
Nymphon spiniventris		Central Indo-West Pacific		1953
Nymphon spinosissimum		Central Indo-West Pacific		1894
Nymphon stenocheir		Northern Atlantic		1908
Nymphon stipulum		Eastern Pacific		1990
Nymphon stocki		Northwest Pacific		1955
Nymphon striatum		Northwest Pacific		1929
Nymphon stromi		Atlantic and the Arctic.		1844
Nymphon subtile		Southwest Atlantic, South	0.3 TRKL	1923
Nymphon surinamense		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Nymphon tanypalpes		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Nymphon tenellum		Northern Atlantic. Borea		1888
Nymphon tenuipes		Antarctic Atlantic and Pa	3.8 LS	1911
Nymphon tripectinatum		Northwest Pacific		1971
Nymphon trispinum		Southwest Pacific	4.6 LS	1998

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Family: Nymphonidae (See list of species below)

Family: Nymphonidae

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