Allomalorhagida |
Not assigned |
Pycnophyidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish. Tropical
Caribbean Sea: Belize.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Trunk segments 3 to 12 slightly tapered, beginning with segment 6. Long, slightly recurved lateral terminal spines, with transverse mark about 1/3 distance from base. Line of punctate sculpturing line parallel to a slightly denticulate dorsoanterior margin of first trunk segment. Segments 4 to 12 with areas of distinctive punctate cuticle lateroventral. Males have adhesive tubes and lacks setae on segment 4, 2 pairs of penile spines at anterolateral margins of terminal sternal plates, absent subdorsal setae, shorter lateral terminal spines, slight differences in number and position of cuticular markings and scars, and slightly denticulate anterodorsal margin on the first trunk segment (Ref. 1409).
Occurs in mixed fine sediments, mangrove and seagrass detritus, and sand (Ref. 1409).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Higgins, R.P. 1983 The Atlantic Barrier Reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. II. Kinorhyncha. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 18:1-131. (Ref. 1409)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Price category
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