Pycnogonida |
Pantopoda |
Phoxichilidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 576 m (Ref. 116112). Subtropical
Western Atlantic: Leeward Islands, Trinidad, Colombia and USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Trunk fully segmented, without tubercles or setae; lateral processes well separated, twice longer than their diameters. Neck short; ocular tubercle low, with small apical cone; eyes distal, well pigmented. Proboscis large, cylindrical, swollen distally, without ventral tubercles in female. Abdomen short, erect, glabrous. Chelifores large, setose distally; chelae long; fingers banana-shaped, very setose. Ovigers long; third segment almost twice length of second; terminal segments very setose. Legs very long, slender, with many short setae; cement gland a very long slit in dorsum of femur; propodus with rounded tubercle distally, three large heel spines, and sole without lamina; claw fairly short, with tiny auxiliaries (Ref. 2115, p. 51)
Shelf to slope (Ref. 19); intertidal to at least 576 m (Ref. 2115, page 52). Epibiotic (Ref. 116112).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Reproduction: reproduces towards the end of August on coasts of North America (Ref. 227).
Child, C.A. 1992. (Ref. 2115)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 13 - 27.9, mean 26.7 (based on 546 cells).
Price category
Unknown.