Phoxichilidium femoratum Clawed Sea Spider, Spiny-thigh sea spider, Sea spider

Phoxichilidium femoratum is commonly referred to as Clawed Sea Spider, Spiny-thigh sea spider, Sea spider. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

13284 

AphiaID:

134741 

Scientific:

Phoxichilidium femoratum 

German:

Asselspinne 

English:

Clawed Sea Spider, Spiny-thigh Sea Spider, Sea Spider 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Pycnogonida (Class) > Pantopoda (Order) > Phoxichilidiidae (Family) > Phoxichilidium (Genus) > femoratum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Rathke, ), 1799 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bay of Biscay, Beaufort Sea, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chukchi Sea, East cost of USA, Eastern Pacific Ocean, English Channel, European Coasts, Germany, Greenland, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of Maine, Kattegat (Baltic Sea), Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea 

Sea depth:

1,5 - 2000 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

0,6 °F - 11,8 °F (0,6°C - 11,8°C) 

Food:

Bryozoans (sea mats), Carnivore, Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, Jellyfish, Parasitic 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Phoxichilidium femoratum
  Asselspinne
• Phoxichilidium forfex
• Phoxichilidium horribilis
• Phoxichilidium micropalpidum
• Phoxichilidium ponderosum
• Phoxichilidium quadradentatum
• Phoxichilidium tuberculatum
• Phoxichilidium tuberungum
• Phoxichilidium ungellatum

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-09-30 17:58:19 

Last edit:

2020-10-01 11:52:33 

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