| Family: |
Nymphonidae () |
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| Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 731 - 3246 m |
| Distribution: |
Southwest Pacific and Antarctic Atlantic: New Zealand, South Sandwich Islands and South Orkney Islands. |
| Diagnosis: |
Member of the Nymphon australe group but with a more slender trunk, lateral processes more separated than usual, and with very few long or short setae. Ocular tubercle a low blind bump. Chelifores slender with few short setae. Chelae fingers very slender, with 40 - 48 closely spaced teeth on each finger. Palp distal segments longer than proximal segments. Oviger fifth and sixth segments typically inflated. Legs only slightly setose, tarsus twice length of Propodus, claw long, auxiliaries lacking (Ref. 9). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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