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Prosymnus
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Prosymnus

Prosymnus or Polymnus (Greek: Πρόσυμνος/Πόλυμνος), in Greek mythology, was a shepherd living near the reputedly bottomless Alcyonian Lake, hazardous to swimmers, which lay in the Argolid, on the coast of the Gulf of Argos, near the prehistoric site of Lerna.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Prosymnus testaceiventris

speciesProsymnus testaceiventris

Prosymnus adustus

speciesProsymnus adustus

Prosymnus arsus

speciesProsymnus arsus

Prosymnus astrictus

speciesProsymnus astrictus

Prosymnus brevipenis

speciesProsymnus brevipenis

Prosymnus livens

speciesProsymnus livens

Prosymnus mulleri

speciesProsymnus mulleri

Prosymnus rudis

speciesProsymnus rudis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 703856.