Ammotheidae () |
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benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 115 m |
Western Atlantic and Indo Pacific. |
Trunk circular in dorsal outline; lateral processes contiguous, without major tubercles. Ocular tubercle only as tall as wide; eyes large. Chelifore scapes I-segmented; chelae vestigial, globular. Palps 8-segmented; terminal 4 segments short, very setose. Ovigers 10-segmented, with weak strigilis bearing denticulate spines. Legs slender; first coxae with 2 and second coxae with 3 laterodistal tubercles. Cement gland tube at dorsodistal tip of femur. Propodus large, without major heel spines (Ref. 2115, p. 11). |
Coastal (Ref. 19) and outer continental shelf (Ref. 116112). Epibiotic (Ref. 116112). On corals (Ref. 2086). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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