Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Phoxichilidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range
Ekologi
. Subtropical
Western Pacific: Philippines and New Zealand.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Könsmognad: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.5 cm LS hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9)
Moderately small, leg span about 15 mm. Trunk segmentation varies, processes separated by 0.3 - 0.7 of their width, little longer than their width, armed dorsally and distally with 4 - 8 short spines. Neck extending very little anterior to proboscis insertion, ocular tubercle low, at extreme anterior of neck, eyes well defined. Proboscis long, slender, about length of first two trunk segments, bottle-shaped, with long distal bottle neck, tapering at mouth. Abdomen moderately long, extending just beyond first coxae of fourth leg pair. Chelifores slender, short, only about half proboscis length, chelae tiny, with functional fingers. Palps lacking. Ovigers of 6 segments, Anoplodatylus-like, with few short setae. Legs of moderate length, with few short setae. Male femoral cement gland with row of minute pores along dorsal surface. Tarsus very short, propodus robust, with one conspicuous heel spine, few tiny sole spines, robust claw very curved distally, auxiliaries lacking. Female sex pore on prominent ventrodistal tubercle of all second coxae (Ref. 9).
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
| FishSource |
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
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
