Pycnogonida | 
Pantopoda | 
Colossendeidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				;  djupintervall 3 - 5000 m (Ref. 130774).  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Antarctic and Indo-West Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm TRKL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 9)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Proboscis is consistently from 1.2 to 1.6 cm trunk length and always has a slight distal down curve. It is swollen both at midpoint and distally.  Palp is considerably longer than the proboscis, the seventh segment of which is half as long as the distal two segments which are subequal.  Tarsus is always longer than the propodus and the terminal claw is also long (Ref. 9).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Abyssal, continental rise, continental shelf (Ref. 1456); continental slope (Ref. 1456 and 19).  Feeds exclusively on hydroids (Ref. 121217).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 0.1 - 3.6, mean 1 (based on 1313 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.