Ammothea antipodensis   Clark, 1972


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Pycnogonida | Pantopoda | Ammotheidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 24 m (Ref. 9).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm LS male/unsexed; (Ref. 9)

Short description Morphology

Size: small, leg span more than 1.6 cm. Trunk: compact, lateral processes contiguous at their bases, spreading distally. Trunk second and third segments with tall conical tubercles, no first or forth segment. Ocular tubercle: a cone, eyes small. Abdomen: erect, longer than trunk tubercles, with conical dorsodistal tubercle. Proboscis: ovoid. Chelifores: 2 segmented, scapes slender, with low dorsodistal tubercles, chelae small knobs. Palps: 9 segmented, 4 short segments with large extensions bearing small setae. Terminal segment down curved, resembling tubercles of previous 4 segments. Ovigers: conventional, strigilis with 7th segment apophysis and distal 3 segments placed anaxially on 7th. Legs: slender, with setae. Cement gland: a small bulge, pore slightly proximal to femoral rim. Propodus: typical, with 5 to 6 heel spines and several tiny sole spines. Claw: long, robust, 0.6 length of main claw (Ref. 9).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth based on occurrence record; to be replaced with better reference.

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Child, C.A. 1998. (Ref. 9)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.4 - 16, mean 10.1 (based on 50 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.