Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Austrodecidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 298 m (Ref. 9). Temperate
Southwest Pacific and Atlantic: Macquarie Island, New Zealand and Kerguelen Islands.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Proboscis: Attached to large animals such as actinians or sponges (Ref. 12).
Maximum depth from Ref. 87394. Continental shelf, intertidal (Ref. 1456); coastal to shelf (Ref. 19).
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. 1998. (Ref. 9)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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More information
Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.3 - 12, mean 9.2 (based on 25 cells).
Price category
Unknown.