Colossendeis megalonyx

Colossendeis megalonyx   Hoek, 1881


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

Pycnogonida | Pantopoda | Colossendeidae

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

Benthic; depth range 3 - 5000 m (Ref. 130774).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic and Indo-West Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

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

Short description Morphology

Proboscis is consistently from 1.2 to 1.6 cm trunk length and always has a slight distal down curve. It is swollen both at midpoint and distally. Palp is considerably longer than the proboscis, the seventh segment of which is half as long as the distal two segments which are subequal. Tarsus is always longer than the propodus and the terminal claw is also long (Ref. 9).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Abyssal, continental rise, continental shelf (Ref. 1456); continental slope (Ref. 1456 and 19). Feeds exclusively on hydroids (Ref. 121217).

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: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.1 - 3.6, mean 1 (based on 1313 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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