Nymphon grossipes

Nymphon grossipes   (Fabricius, 1780)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Pycnogonida | Pantopoda | Nymphonidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 4 - 1656 m (Ref. 119523).  Boreal; 85°N - 33°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Atlantic, Northern Pacific and the Arctic Sea. Temperate to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Species extremely variable, particularly in appendage length ratios. Chela palm is much longer fingers, tarsus length equals propodus (or is sometimes shorter), ocular tubercle is taller, third palp segment much longer and fifth segment longer than fourth, and major leg segments are measurably longer than in Nymphon brevitarse. Variation occurs in terminal leg segment length ratios. Tarsus can be slightly shorter than propodus or twice as long as propodus or longer, and sole spines vary in number and length (Ref. 2153, p. 21).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Shelf (Ref. 19). Found at depths of 4 to 1656 m (Ref. 119523).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Pycnogonida are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male usually suspends itself beneath the female. Fertilization occurs as the eggs leave the female's ovigers. Males brood the egg masses until they hatch. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into protonymphon larva then to adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

de Kluijver, M.J. and S.S. Ingalsuo 2005 Pycnogonida: Microbenthos of the North Sea. Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam.http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/pycnogonida.php?menuentry=inleiding[accessed13/01/06]. (Ref. 256)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.4 - 8.1, mean 2.9 (based on 1951 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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