Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Colossendeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 882 - 3600 m (Ref. 2153). Subtropical
Eastern Pacific: Alaska and USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Proboscis almost cylindrical, about as long as trunk. Ocular tubercle a tall conspicuous cone with eyes barely distinguishable. Palp with tiny eighth segment no longer than wide, shorter than 2 more distal segments. Legs very slender, almost glabrous, tarsus only slightly longer than propodus. Terminal claw very slender, as long or slightly longer than the propodus (Ref. 2153, p. 28).
Bathyal to abyssal (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. 1996. (Ref. 2117)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.9 - 3.3, mean 2.5 (based on 93 cells).
Price category
Unknown.