Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Nymphonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 60 m (Ref. 256). Temperate
Northern Atlantic and Arctic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Littoral and sublittoral (Ref. 224). Found on sandbanks and muddy bottoms (Ref. 96352). Feeding on host: Laomedea angulata (growing on Flustra foliacea) (Ref. 224). A carnivore-scavenger (Ref. 96352).
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.
de Kluijver, M.J. and S.S. Ingalsuo 2005 Pycnogonida: Microbenthos of the North Sea. Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam.http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/pycnogonida.php?menuentry=inleiding[accessed13/01/06]. (Ref. 256)
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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Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 5.8 - 12.3, mean 10.2 (based on 418 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
