Nymphon leptocheles
| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Pycnogonida |
| Order: | Pantopoda |
| Family: | Nymphonidae |
| Genus: | Nymphon |
| Species: | N. leptocheles
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| Binomial name | |
| Nymphon leptocheles | |
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]
Habitat[edit]
The species inhabits the sublittoral zone and occurs amongst hydroids and sea anemones.
Diet[edit]
N. leptocheles feeds on coelenterates.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sars, G.O. (1888). Pycnogonida borealia et arctica enumerat (Prodromus descriptionis). - Arch. Math. Naturvidensk., Oslo, 12: 339-356.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Nymphon leptocheles at Marine Species Identification Portal