Ammothella rotundata   Child, 1988

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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.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Pacific: Philippines.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Small. Leg span: less than 10 mm. Trunk: completely segmented; compact, robust, lateral processes close to each other; short, armed dorsodistally with two or three low, slender tubercles, bifurcate at tips. Cephalic segment: broad, flaring laterally at anterior, margins without tubercle or setae. Ocular tubercle: situated at anterior of segment, only taller than maximum diameter, with two apical low conical tubercles. Eyes: large well pigmented. Abdomen: long, bent posteriorly, with dorsodistal field of two feathered spines, one clubbed hollow spine, and four short lateral setae. Proboscis: massive, a very inflated oval, compressed at lips. Chelifores of three segments, scape second segment slightly longer than first, armed with three tubular clubbed spines and five long feathered spines on distal segment, and one long feathered spine on proximal segment. Chelae fingers: complete, well curved, toothless, with single long feathered spine. Palps: 9 segments. Ovigers: small U-shaped unsegmented tubercles in juvenile. Legs: with long feathered spines; 4 on first coxae, two on second, none on third, six dorsodistally on femur, seven dorsally and laterally on first tibiae, two dorsally on second tibiae, and five dorsally on propodi, with long tubular clubbed spines singly or in pairs dorsally on the major leg segments. Second tibia the longest segment with first tibia and femur increasingly shorter. Cement gland undeveloped. Propodus with 3 large heel spines and several shorter sole spines. Claw less than half propodal length with auxiliaries about 0.7 main claw length (Ref. 6).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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. 1988. (Ref. 6)

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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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.