Nymphon

Nymphon is a genus of sea spiders in the family Nymphonidae. The species of sea spiders within the genus Nymphon are all benthic organisms and are found in abyssal and bathyal areas of the ocean. This is a fully marine group and can be found at various depths ranging from the littoral zones to the deep sea. They are found in most major oceans across the globe with a strong distribution around polar regions: Arctic and Antarctic waters. Out of the sea spider genus, Nymphon is the most rich, with a majority of the species within the genis being found in the Southern Ocean region. This genus may also contain bioluminescent species.

Distribution
Sea spiders in general are found all around the globe. The Nymphon genus has been commonly found in waters of higher latitudes and is associated with polar regions and having a more circumpolar distribution than other genus of sea spider. They are extremely abundant within polar regions, with Nymphon having the most species found in polar waters. In relation to the benthos, mainly inhabit marine fauna and are often found around sessile communities.

Feeding
Generally, it is thought that Nymphon feed on hydroids, actinians, bryozoans, molluscs, annelids, crustaceans, and detritus. They have strong associations with corals and algae. However, feeding behavior in relation to coral and algae has not been observed and there is no current evidence of finding coral or algae material in their gut.

Species

 * Nymphon aculeatum Child, 1994
 * Nymphon adami  Giltay, 1937
 * Nymphon adareanum  Hodgson, 1907
 * Nymphon adenense  Muller, 1989
 * Nymphon adenopus  Stock, 1991
 * Nymphon aemulum  Stock, 1975
 * Nymphon aequidigitatum  Haswell, 1885
 * Nymphon akanei  Nakamura & Child, 1983
 * Nymphon akanthochoeros  Bamber & Thurston, 1995
 * Nymphon albatrossi  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon aldabrense  Child, 1988
 * Nymphon andamanense  Calman, 1923
 * Nymphon andriashevi  Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon angolense  Gordon, 1932
 * Nymphon apertum  Turpaeva, 2004
 * Nymphon apheles  Child, 1979
 * Nymphon apicatum  Stock, 1991
 * Nymphon arabicum  Calman, 1938
 * Nymphon arcuatum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon aritai  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon articulare  Hodgson, 1908
 * Nymphon australe  Hodgson, 1902
 * Nymphon banzare  Gordon, 1944
 * Nymphon barnardi  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon basispinosum Hilton, 1942
 * Nymphon benthos  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon bergi  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon biarticulatum  (Hodgson, 1907)
 * Nymphon bicornum  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon biformidens  Stock, 1974
 * Nymphon bigibbulare  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon biserratum  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon boogoora  Bamber, 2008
 * Nymphon boraborae  Muller, 1990
 * Nymphon bouvieri  Gordon, 1932
 * Nymphon brachyrhynchum  Hoek, 1881
 * Nymphon braschnikowi  Schimkewitsch, 1906
 * Nymphon brevicaudatum  Miers, 1875
 * Nymphon brevirostre Hodge, 1863
 * Nymphon brevis  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon brevitarse Krøyer, 1838
 * Nymphon bucuspidum Child, 1995
 * Nymphon bullatum Stock, 1992
 * Nymphon bunyipi  Clark, 1963
 * Nymphon caementarum Stock, 1975
 * Nymphon caldarium  Stock, 1987
 * Nymphon calypso  Fage, 1959
 * Nymphon centrum  Child, 1997
 * Nymphon chaetochir  Utinomi, 1971
 * Nymphon chainae  Child, 1982
 * Nymphon charcoti  Bouvier, 1911
 * Nymphon citerium  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon clarencei  Gordon, 1932
 * Nymphon cognatum  Loman, 1928
 * Nymphon comes  Flynn, 1928
 * Nymphon compactum  Hoek, 1881
 * Nymphon conirostrum  Stock, 1973
 * Nymphon crenatiunguis  Barnard, 1946
 * Nymphon crosnieri  Stock, 1965
 * Nymphon curvidens  Stock, 1990
 * Nymphon dentiferum  Child, 1997
 * Nymphon diabolum  Child, 1988
 * Nymphon discorsicoxae  Child, 1982
 * Nymphon dissimilis  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon distensum  Möbius, 1902
 * Nymphon draconum  Child, 1990
 * Nymphon dubitabile  Stock, 1973
 * Nymphon duospinum  Hilton, 1942
 * Nymphon elegans  Hansen, 1887
 * Nymphon elongatum  Hilton, 1942
 * Nymphon eltaninae  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon enteonum  Child, 2002
 * Nymphon falcatum  Utinomi, 1955
 * Nymphon femorale  Fage, 1956
 * Nymphon filatovae  Turpaeva, 1993
 * Nymphon floridanum  Hedgpeth, 1948
 * Nymphon forceps  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon foresti  Fage, 1953
 * Nymphon forticulum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon fortunatum  Stock, 1997
 * Nymphon foxi  Calman, 1927
 * Nymphon frigidum  Hodgson, 1907
 * Nymphon galatheae  Fage, 1956
 * Nymphon gerlachei  Giltay, 1935
 * Nymphon giltayi  Hedgpeth, 1948
 * Nymphon giraffa  Loman, 1908
 * Nymphon glabrum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon gracile Leach, 1814
 * Nymphon gracilipes  Miers, 1875
 * Nymphon granulatum  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon grossipes  (Fabricius, 1780)
 * Nymphon grus  Stock, 1991
 * Nymphon gruveli  Bouvier, 1910
 * Nymphon gruzovi  Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon gunteri  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon hadale  Child, 1982
 * Nymphon hamatum  Hoek, 1881
 * Nymphon hampsoni  Child, 1982
 * Nymphon hedgpethi  Stock, 1953
 * Nymphon helleri  Bohm, 1879
 * Nymphon heterodenticulatum  Hedgpeth, 1941
 * Nymphon heterodentum  Turpaeva, 1991
 * Nymphon heterospinum  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon hiemale  Hodgson, 1907
 * Nymphon hirsutum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon hirtipes  Bell, 1853
 * Nymphon hirtum (Fabricius, 1780)
 * Nymphon hodgsoni  Schimkewitsch, 1913
 * Nymphon immane  Stock, 1954
 * Nymphon improcerum  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon inaequipes  Stock, 1992
 * Nymphon inerme  Fage, 1956
 * Nymphon inferum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon infundibulum  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon inornatum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon isaenki  Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon japonicum  Ortmann, 1891
 * Nymphon kensleyi  Child, 1988
 * Nymphon kodanii  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon kurilense  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon kurilocompactum  Turpaeva, 2004
 * Nymphon kurilokamchaticum Turpaeva, 1971
 * Nymphon lanare  Hodgson, 1907
 * Nymphon laneum  Turpaeva, 2006
 * Nymphon laterospinum  Stock, 1963
 * Nymphon leptocheles Sars, 1888
 * Nymphon lituus  Child, 1979
 * Nymphon lobatum  Stock, 1962
 * Nymphon lomani  Gordon, 1944
 * Nymphon longicaudatum  Carpenter, 1904
 * Nymphon longicollum  Hoek, 1881
 * Nymphon longicoxa  Hoek, 1881
 * Nymphon longimanum  Sars, 1888
 * Nymphon longispinum  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon longitarse  Krøyer, 1844
 * Nymphon longituberculatum  Olsen, 1913
 * Nymphon macabou  Muller, 1990
 * Nymphon macilentum  Stock, 1981
 * Nymphon macquariensis  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon macrochelatum  Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon macronyx  Sars, 1877
 * Nymphon macrum  Wilson, 1880
 * Nymphon maculatum  Carpenter, 1910
 * Nymphon maldivense  Clark, 1961
 * Nymphon maoriana  Clark, 1958
 * Nymphon maruyamai  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon mauritanicum  Fage, 1942
 * Nymphon megacheles  Child, 1988
 * Nymphon megalops  Sars, 1877
 * Nymphon mendosum  (Hodgson, 1907)
 * Nymphon microctenatum Barnard, 1946
 * Nymphon microgracilipes Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon micronesicum Child, 1982
 * Nymphon micronyx Sars, 1888
 * Nymphon micropedes Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon microrhynchum G.O. Sars, 1888
 * Nymphon microsetosum Hilton, 1942
 * Nymphon modestum Stock, 1959
 * Nymphon molleri Clark, 1963
 * Nymphon molum Hilton, 1942
 * Nymphon monothrix Child, 1995
 * Nymphon multidens Gordon, 1932
 * Nymphon multituberculatum Gordon, 1944
 * Nymphon nagannuense Takahashi, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012
 * Nymphon nakamurai Stock, 1994
 * Nymphon natalense Flynn, 1928
 * Nymphon neelovi Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon neumayri Gordon, 1932
 * Nymphon nipponense Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon novaecaledoniae Stock, 1991
 * Nymphon novaehollandiae  Clark, 1963
 * Nymphon nugax  Stock, 1966
 * Nymphon obesum  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon ochoticum  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon ohshimai  Hedgpeth, 1949
 * Nymphon okudai  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon orcadense  (Hodgson, 1908)
 * Nymphon ortmanni  Helfer, 1938
 * Nymphon pagophilum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon paralobatum  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon parasiticum  Merton, 1906
 * Nymphon parum  Stock, 1991
 * Nymphon paucidens  Gordon, 1932
 * Nymphon paucituberculatum  Gordon, 1944
 * Nymphon pedunculatum  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon perlucidum  Hoek, P.P.C., 1881
 * Nymphon petri  Turpaeva, 1993
 * Nymphon pfefferi  Loman, 1923
 * Nymphon phasmatodes  Bohm, 1879
 * Nymphon pilosum  Möbius, 1902
 * Nymphon pixellae  Scott, 1912
 * Nymphon plectrum  Takahashi, Kajihara & Mawatari, 2012
 * Nymphon pleodon  Stock, 1962
 * Nymphon polyglia  Bamber, 2004
 * Nymphon premordicum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon primacoxa  Stock, 1968
 * Nymphon proceroides  Bouvier, 1913
 * Nymphon procerum  Hoek, 1881
 * Nymphon profundum  Hilton, 1942
 * Nymphon prolatum  Fage, 1942
 * Nymphon proximum  Calman, 1915
 * Nymphon pseudogracilipes  Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon puellula Krapp, 1973
 * Nymphon pumillum  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon punctum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon quadriclavus  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon residuum  Stock, 1971
 * Nymphon rottnesti  Child, 1975
 * Nymphon rybakovi  Pushkin, 1993
 * Nymphon sabellum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon sandersi  Child, 1982
 * Nymphon sarsii  Meinert, 1899
 * Nymphon schimkewitschi  Losina-Losinsky, 1929
 * Nymphon schmidti  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon scotiae  Stock, 1981
 * Nymphon serratidentatum  Arnaud & Child, 1988
 * Nymphon serratum  G. O. Sars, 1879
 * Nymphon setimanus  Barnard, 1946
 * Nymphon setipedes  Child, 1988
 * Nymphon signatum  Möbius, 1902
 * Nymphon simulare  Child, C.A., 1992
 * Nymphon simulatum  Nakamura & Child, 1991
 * Nymphon singulare  Stock, 1954
 * Nymphon sluiteri  Hoek, 1901
 * Nymphon soyoi  Utinomi, 1955
 * Nymphon spinifex  Stock, 1997
 * Nymphon spiniventris  Stock, 1953
 * Nymphon stenocheir  Norman, 1908
 * Nymphon stipulum  Child, 1990
 * Nymphon stocki  Utinomi, 1955
 * Nymphon striatum  Losina-Losinsky, 1929
 * Nymphon stroemi  Krøyer, 1844
 * Nymphon subtile  Loman, 1923
 * Nymphon surinamense  Stock, 1975
 * Nymphon tanypalpes  Child, 1988
 * Nymphon tenellum  (Sars, 1888)
 * Nymphon tenuimanum  Hodgson, 1915
 * Nymphon tenuipes Bouvier, 1911
 * Nymphon torulum  Child, 1998
 * Nymphon tricuspidatum Soler-Membrives & Munilla, 2011
 * Nymphon tripectinatum  Turpaeva, 1971
 * Nymphon trispinum  Child, 1998
 * Nymphon trituberculum  Child, 1995
 * Nymphon tuberculare  Losina-Losinsky, 1961
 * Nymphon tubiferum  Stock, 1978
 * Nymphon typhlops  Hodgson, 1915
 * Nymphon uncatum  Child, 1998
 * Nymphon unguiculatum  Hodgson, 1915
 * Nymphon uniunguiculatum  Losina-Losinsky, 1933
 * Nymphon vacans  Child, 1997
 * Nymphon villosum  Hodgson, 1907
 * Nymphon vulcanellum  Stock, 1992
 * Nymphon vulsum  Stock, 1986
 * Nymphon walvisense  Stock, 1981
 * Nymphon zundianum  Pushkin, 1993