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Pycnogonum
Sign in to savePycnogonum is a genus of sea spiders in the family Pycnogonidae. It is the type genus of the family.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassPycnogonida
- OrderPantopoda
- FamilyPycnogonidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 378
- With media
- 29
- Family
- Pycnogonidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM
- Recorded in
- Belgium, United States, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pycnogonidae
- Image
- Pycnogonum litorale (dorsal).jpg
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- Commons category
- Pycnogonum
- taxon name
- Pycnogonum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pycnogonum
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Characteristics
- Species
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Pycnogonum is a genus of sea spiders in the family Pycnogonidae. It is the type genus of the family.
== Etymology == The generic name literally means “dense knees”. Pycnogonum combines the prefix '' (from ‘dense’ in Greek) with the Greek word for "knee": ().
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