Nymphon aemulum
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Nymphon aemulum   Stock, 1975


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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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 0 - 35 m (Ref. 116112).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Atlantic: Suriname and USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Trunk and neck short; ocular tubercle wider than long; eyes very large. Proboscis inflated proximally, forming truncate cone distally in lateral view. Chelifore palms ovoid; fingers as long as palm, armed with 9 or 10 slender, simple teeth. Palp second segment longer than third. Oviger fourth segment with distal fringe of setae. Tarsus short, less than 0.3 length of propodus; claw shorter than auxiliary claws (Ref. 2115, p. 70).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Coastal to shelf (Ref. 19); littoral (Ref. 2115). Epibiotic (Ref. 116112).

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

Child, C.A. 1992 Shallow-water Pycnogonida of Gulf of Mexico. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 9:1-86. Florida Department Natural Resources, Bureau of Marine Resources, Jan. 1992. (Ref. 2115)

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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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 21.4 - 27.5, mean 25.3 (based on 60 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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