WoRMS taxon details
Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780
134691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134691)
accepted
Species
Chaetonymphon hirtum (Fabricius, 1780) · unaccepted (synonym)
Nymphon femoratum Leach, 1814 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Nymphon pallenoides G. O. Sars, 1879 · unaccepted (Junior synonym)
Nymphon spinosum Goodsir, 1842 · unaccepted (Jumior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details] 
Bamber, R.N.; El Nagar, A.; Arango, C.P.; Sabroux, R. (Eds) (2025). Pycnobase: World Pycnogonida Database. Nymphon hirtum Fabricius, 1780. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134691 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285 [details]
original description (of Nymphon pallenoides G. O. Sars, 1879) Sars, G.O. (1879). Crustacea et Pycnogonida nova in itinere 2do et 3tio expeditionis Norvegicae anno 1877 & 78 collecta (prodromus descriptionis). [New Crustacea and Pycnogonida collected during the 2nd and 3rd voyages of the Norwegian expedition in 1877 & 78 (prologue to the description). <em>Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab.</em> 4: 427-476. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
original description (of Nymphon pallenoides G. O. Sars, 1879) Sars, G.O. (1879). Crustacea et Pycnogonida nova in itinere 2do et 3tio expeditionis Norvegicae anno 1877 & 78 collecta (prodromus descriptionis). [New Crustacea and Pycnogonida collected during the 2nd and 3rd voyages of the Norwegian expedition in 1877 & 78 (prologue to the description). <em>Archiv for Mathematik og Naturvidenskab.</em> 4: 427-476. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
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van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type, geounit Norwegian Sea [details]
Unreviewed
Authority Fabricius, 1780 [details]Habitat deep shelf [details]
Publication date Date of publication is 1794 [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Nymphon spinosum Goodsir, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Chaetonymphon hirtum (Fabricius, 1780))
To PESI (from synonym Nymphon femoratum Leach, 1814)
To PESI (from synonym Nymphon pallenoides G. O. Sars, 1879)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Nymphon spinosum Goodsir, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Chaetonymphon hirtum (Fabricius, 1780))
To PESI (from synonym Nymphon femoratum Leach, 1814)
To PESI (from synonym Nymphon pallenoides G. O. Sars, 1879)
To PESI
To ITIS
