Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Ammotheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 73 - 90 m (Ref. 2115). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Trunk with 3 slender median tubercles, tallest almost as tall as ocular tubercle; lateral processes with dorsodistal tubercles slightly shorter than median tubercles of trunk, armed with anterior and posterior setae. Neck long, without lateral tubercles or setae, with tall tubercles over chelifore insertion. Ocular tubercle at neck midpoint. Chelifore scapes I-segmented. Proboscis tripartite. Abdomen moderately short. Claws on anterior pair of legs slightly shorter than those of posterior 3 pairs.
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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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