Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Phoxichilidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 22 - 78 m (Ref. 2115). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Neck relatively long, slender. Ocular tubercle, including slender apical tubercle, as long as abdomen. Chelae each with 3 tiny teeth on both fingers. Legs with very long, major dorsodistal spines; femur with 2 low, tapering cement gland tubes; propodus with short lamina on distal half of sole; heel with 2 robust spines; auxiliaries minute (Ref. 2115, p. 46).
Depth 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.
Child, C.A. 1992. (Ref. 2115)
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): 21.1 - 27.5, mean 24.6 (based on 42 cells).
Price category
Unknown.