Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Pycnogonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 3 - 15 m (Ref. 860). Subtropical
Indo-West Pacific: Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Trunk with post-ocular tubercle, segments 1 - 3 with raised transverse ridges each with blunt dorsomedian tubercle. Ovigers absent, both sexes. Dorsal reticulations obscure or absent. All leg segments tuberculate dorsally, propodus longest segment, sole spines distally cleft, auxiliary claws absent (Ref. 860).
3 to 15 m in depth (Ref. 860).
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.
Staples, D.A. 2002. (Ref. 860)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 14.6 - 19.1, mean 17.4 (based on 222 cells).
Price category
Unknown.