| Family: |
Ammotheidae () |
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| Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 3 - 811 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific and Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Belize, Mexico and USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
Adult: Trunk with 3 slender median tubercles taller than ocular tubercle; lateral processes with slender dorsodistal tubercles slightly shorter than median tubercles. Neck fairly long; ocular tubercle pointed, implanted near anterior end of cephalic segment over palp insertion and anterior to oviger insertion. Proboscis slender, with proximal and distal constrictions. Abdomen long, slender. Chelifore scape 2-segmented, small; chelae vestigial. Palps, ovigers longer than trunk. Legs long, slender; tibiae with long dorsal and ventral setae; tarsus and claw subequal, less than half propodal length (Ref. 2115, p. 24). |
| Biology: |
Found in the outer continental shelf to slope (Ref. 116112). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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