Pycnogonum stearnsi Stearn's Sea Spider

Pycnogonum stearnsiis commonly referred to as Stearn's Sea Spider. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pycnogonum stearnsi, Stearn's Sea Spider, Pillar Point 2014

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lexID:: 10502
AphiaID:: 240277

Scientific:: Pycnogonum stearnsi
German:: Asselspinne
English:: Stearn's Sea Spider

Category:: Chelicerates

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Pycnogonidae (Family) > Pycnogonum (Genus) > stearnsi (Species)
Initial determination:: Ives, 1883

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean)
Size:: 2,5 cm
Temperature:: 39.2 °F - 50 °F (4°C - 10°C)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

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Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-04 19:57:34
Last edit:: 2017-03-05 19:19:45

Info

Pycnogonum stearnsi Ives, 1883

Pycnogonum stearnsi or Stearns' sea spider is a marine arthropod in the family Pycnogonidae. It is found on north east Pacific Ocean,from British Columbia, to California, including Japan.

This spider-like animal grows to about 2.5 cm. The colour can be white, cream, sometimes pinkish. Stearns' sea spider is found under rocks or in dead barnacle shells. It sucking out fluids of the sea anemones Anthopleura sola, Anthopleura xanthogrammica, Metridium senile and Anthopleura elegantissima, the hydroids, Obelia and Aglaophenia and the sea squirt, Clavelina, but leaving the animal flaccid but alive.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Eupantopodida (Suborder) > Pycnogonoidea (Superfamily) > Pycnogonidae (Family) > Pycnogonum (Genus) > Pycnogonum stearnsi (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Nathistoc.bio.uci.edu (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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