Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Phoxichilidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 1228 - 4100 m (Ref. 2157). Tropical
Antarctic Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans: Bering Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Trunk segmentation lines with distinctive mid-dorsal point directed anteriorly and not raised above curved surface of dorsum. Second scape segments not as long as first and leg tibiae bear long lateral setae as with Pallenopsis comosa. This species notably fewer sole spines than Pallenopsis comosa but it bears two long heel spines. Lateral processes with several short dorsal spines which are inconspicuous (Ref. 2157, p. 4).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Pycnogonida are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male usually suspends itself beneath the female. Fertilization occurs as the eggs leave the female's ovigers. Males brood the egg masses until they hatch. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into protonymphon larva then to adults.
Child, C.A. 1994. (Ref. 2157)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0 - 2.4, mean 2 (based on 1026 cells).
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Unknown.