''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of
sea spiders
The sea, connected as the world ocean or simply the ocean, is the body of salty water that covers approximately 71% of the Earth's surface. The word sea is also used to denote second-order sections of the sea, such as the Mediterranean Sea, ...
belonging to the family
Ammotheidae
Ammotheidae is the most diversified group of the class Sea spider, Pycnogonida, with 297 species described in more than 20 genera, of which only ''Nymphopsis'' and ''Sericosura'' were found to be monophyletic. Despite its internal taxonomic uncer ...
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
, except Europe.
Species:
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Nymphopsis abstrusus
''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of sea spiders belonging to the family Ammotheidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, except Europe.
Species:
*'' Nymphopsis abstrusus''
*'' Nymphopsis acinacispinatus''
*'' Nymphopsis anarthra''
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Nymphopsis acinacispinatus
''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of sea spiders belonging to the family Ammotheidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, except Europe.
Species:
*''Nymphopsis abstrusus''
*'' Nymphopsis acinacispinatus''
*'' Nymphopsis anarthra''
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Nymphopsis anarthra
''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of sea spiders belonging to the family Ammotheidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, except Europe.
Species:
*''Nymphopsis abstrusus''
*''Nymphopsis acinacispinatus''
*'' Nymphopsis anarthra''
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Nymphopsis armatus
''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of sea spiders belonging to the family Ammotheidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution, except Europe.
Species:
*''Nymphopsis abstrusus''
*''Nymphopsis acinacispinatus''
*''Nymphopsis anarthra''
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Nymphopsis bathursti
''Nymphopsis'' is a genus of sea spiders belonging to the family Ammotheidae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of ...
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References
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Pycnogonids
Chelicerate genera
Taxa named by William Aitcheson Haswell