Ammothella appendiculata   (Dohrn, 1881)


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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 - 65 m (Ref. 2115).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Melanesia, Polynesia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Body ovoid in dorsal view; lateral processes separated by less than their diameters. Palps 9 segmented; terminal 5 segments short, setose. Chelifore scapes 2-segmented, moderately long but shorter than bulbous proboscis, with vestigial chelae lacking fingers. Ovigers 10 segmented, with 1 or 2 denticulate spines on terminal 4 segments. Abdomen and legs with several long, tubular dorsal spines and regular pointed spines. Dorsodistal femoral cement gland tube long, robust. Propodus with 4 large heel spines; claw and auxiliaries long (Ref. 2115, p. 12).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Coastal to shelf (Ref. 19). Epibiotic (Ref. 116112). Known from Carrie Bow Cay in sand trough behind outer reef ridge, in coral, sand, and rubble (Ref. 2086). Part of a fouling community (Ref. 126174).

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

Bamber, R.N. 2004. (Ref. 1852)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 28.4, mean 26.7 (based on 860 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.