Pycnogonida | 
Pantopoda | 
Ammotheidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range				
				
					पारिस्थितिकी				
				
			
			
				;  गहराई सीमा 0 - 72 m (संदर्भ 116112).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
			
			
				परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Trunk robust, compact, with 2 tall median tubercles about as long as abdomen, each with lateral and posterior spines.  Ocular tubercle more than half as long as trunk tubercles.  Lateral processes moderately long, separated by less than their diameters, with low dorsodistal and laterodistal spinose tubercles.  Abdomen long, distally downcurved, with short proximal, median, and distal spinose tubercles.  Proboscis very inflated.  Chelifore scapes 2 segmented; first segment very short, second almost 4 times longer, with short median and distal spinose tubercles; chelae bulbous, vestigial.  Oviger fifth segment almost as long as fourth; terminal segment tiny, with 2 setae.  Legs with many dorsal and lateral spinose tubercles only slightly longer than segment diameters; propodus well curved, with marked heel bearing 3 spines (Ref. 2115, p. 31).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Shallow habitats (Ref. 2115, page 31).  Found on bay and nearshore.  Epibiotic (Ref. 116112).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | 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 The Pycnogonida types of William A. Hilton. II. The remaining undescribed species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(4):677-686. (संदर्भ 2117)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (संदर्भ 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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बहुतायत
  Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyOxygen consumption
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				इंटरनेट स्रोत
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 23.1 - 28.3, mean 27.1 (based on 404 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.