Ammothea verenae

Ammothea verenae   Child, 1987


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Pycnogonida | Pantopoda | Ammotheidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 1570 - 2250 m (Ref. 2157).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Pacific: USA.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Short description Morphology

Species without dorsomedian trunk tubercles and with very low, blind, ocular tubercle. Proboscis massive, constricted medially and distally; chelifores small. Palps of 9 segments, very setose distally as are distal segments of male oviger. Male legs with crowded filed of lateral and ventral setae on third coxae and proximally on femorae while legs of females lack dense fields of setae. Propodi bear similar sole and heel spines with no major or larger spines (Ref. 2157, p. 7).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Child, C.A. 1994 Deep-sea Pycnogonida from the temperate west coast of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 556:1-23. (Ref. 2157)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 2.1 - 2.2, mean 2.2 (based on 5 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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