Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Pycnogonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic; depth range 55 - 1115 m (Ref. 170). Polar
Antarctic Atlantic and Pacific: South Georgia, South Shetland and Antarctica.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Depth based on occurrence record; 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. 1995. (Ref. 170)
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): -1.8 - 1.3, mean -0.8 (based on 317 cells).
Price category
Unknown.