Genus Heteronymphon Gordon, 1932

Museums

Regional Maps

• Heteronymphon Gordon, I. 1932. Pycnogonida. Discovery Reports 6: 1-138 [79].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Antarctica
• Subantarctic Islands
  • South Georgia
  • South Orkney Islands

Australian Region

• New Zealand

Diagnosis

Usually small to tiny and very slender; with the characters of Nymphon except ocular tubercle at anterior of cephalic segment; chelae small, little wider than scape, finger teeth not well formed; palp 2nd segment shorter than 3rd, 4th shorter than 5th; oviger terminal claw with few or no teeth; legs very long, 2nd tibiae longest segment, tarsus long, propodus without auxiliary claws.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)