Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Ammotheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
; djupintervall 1280 - 1280 m (Ref. 9). Temperate
Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Trunk: compact, Aschorhynchus- like, segments posteriors each with two long middorsal spines, lateral process separated by narrow intervals, ocular tubercle tall, distally bulbous, placed at anterior of first trunk segment, eyes prominent. Proboscis: short, egg-shaped. Abdomen: long, carried horizontally, extending to tip of third coxae of fourth leg pair. Chelifores: short, globular in shape with distal spines, chelae vestigial, sunken within distal cups. Palp: 9 segmented, oviger 10 segmented, both Achelia-like, oviger strigilis with one or two denticulate spines per segment. Femur: short, with long setae and enormous dorsodistal cement gland tube on a tall tubercle. Propodus: short, slender, without larger heel spines, no auxiliary claws (Ref. 9).
Depth based on occurrence record; to be replaced with better reference.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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 The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pycnogonida (sea spiders). NIWA Biodiversity Memoire 109. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Washington, D.C. 20530, USA. 71 p. + Figure 2A-G, 3A-F, 4, 5. (Ref. 9)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Verktyg
Ytterligare information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
PhysiologySyreförbrukning
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet-källor
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.