WoRMS taxon details
Boreonymphon abyssorum (Norman, 1873)
134676 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134676)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Holotype , geounit Faeroe-Shetland Channel
Holotype, geounit Faeroe-Shetland Channel [details]
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2026). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Boreonymphon abyssorum (Norman, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134676 on 2026-09-17
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Legakis, A. (2001). Chelicerata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 237 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Just J. (1972). Revision of the genus Boreonymphon G.O. Sars (Pycnogonida) with a description of two new species, B. Ossiansarsi Knaben and B. compactum Just. Sarsia, 49, 1-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1972.10411203 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Faeroe-Shetland Channel [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal to slope [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1865) sensu Hansen, 1887, Sars, 1891, Schimkewitsch, 1930 & Appellof, 1912)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1865) sensu Hansen, 1887, Sars, 1891, Schimkewitsch, 1930 & Appellof, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boreonymphon abyssorum)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1865) sensu Hansen, 1887, Sars, 1891, Schimkewitsch, 1930 & Appellof, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1865) sensu Hansen, 1887, Sars, 1891, Schimkewitsch, 1930 & Appellof, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Boreonymphon abyssorum)
To GenBank (57 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Boreonymphon robustum (Bell, 1865) sensu Hansen, 1887, Sars, 1891, Schimkewitsch, 1930 & Appellof, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
From editor or global species database
