Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Ammotheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 2115). Tropical
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Mexico, USA, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Lateral processes with slender dorsodistal tubercles, laterodistal tubercles, or both. Abdomen with 4 or 6 long dorsal spines at median length. Chelifore scape first segment with single mediodistal spine. Ocular tubercle with cap of several short spines. Legs with several long spines per segment, longer ones bearing many lateral setules. Femoral cement gland originating in large ventral bulge from which stout tube projects laterally (Ref. 2115, p. 26).
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): 22.9 - 28, mean 26.1 (based on 230 cells).
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Unknown.