Ammothea adunca

Ammothea adunca   Child, 1994


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Pycnogonida | Pantopoda | Ammotheidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 175 - 800 m (Ref. 9).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southwest Pacific: Kerguelen, Heard Island and New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.3 cm LS male/unsexed; (Ref. 9)

Short description Morphology

Size large with a leg span of 163 mm. Integument covered with short scattered spines. Trunk robust, chunky, with large closely spaced lateral processes. Trunk segment cowls narrow, with dorsal extensions of rims not produced into pointed tubercles. Proboscis longer than trunk, swollen proximally, a down curved narrow cylinder distally. Chelifores enlarged, massive, scapes short, with fully developed chelae. Palps 9 segmented, reduced in size, almost miniature, shorter than proboscis, distal 5 segments without ventral tubercles. Oviger segments mostly curved, clothed tiny setules, strigilis segments recurved, armed with simple setae. Legs short, with few setae, simple setae. Propodus of uniform size, long, curved, without differentiated heel spines but few robust larger sole spines among many smaller sole setae. Claw short, auxiliary claws half main claw length.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.3 - 10, mean 6.5 (based on 71 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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