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Description

provided by NMNH Antarctic Invertebrates

“Genus SEXANYMPHON gen. n.

Six pairs of walking legs; palp 5-segmented; fingers of chehe persistent and well developed in adults, overreaching the tip of the proboscis; ovigers well developed in both sexes, 10-segmented, with an additional terminal claw. Except for the additional legs, these generic characters are those of Nymphon, C. Fabrieius.

Type species Sexanymphon mirabilis sp. n.” (Hedgpeth & Fry 1964, p. 161)