Ammothea hilgendorfi
System : Marine
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Animalia
Arthropoda
Pycnogonida
Pantopoda
Ammotheidae
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Common name
Pacific brown-banded sea-spider (English), Zebrazeespin (Dutch)
Synonym
Ammothea marginatum ,(Cole, 1904)
Lecythorhynchus marginatus ,Cole, 1904
Lecythorhynchus hilgendorfi ,(Böhm, 1879)
Corniger hilgendorfi ,Böhm, 1879
Ammothea ovatus ,Hilton, 1942
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Summary
Native to the North Pacific Ocean (e.g., Japan and west America), it has been recorded in Europe since late 70's (Venetian lagoon, Southampton Water) and since 2010 in the North Sea. They likely settled via international shipping by gripping on boat hulls. Their distribution range from 30m depth to the intertidal zone. Apart from a few records in soil samples, information about this species and its impact on the environment are scarce.
Species Description
The adult trunk length is ~2mm and the adult trunk width is ~1.5mm. This pycnogonid has 9-articled palps associated with reduced and rounded chelifores. The trunk is completely segmented, with well-distinct lateral processes, and ridges at the end of the first three segments (Faasse, 2013). The yellowish body features black-brownish spots over the legs.
Notes
Ammothea hilgendorfi distinguishes from Nymphon brevirostre with its wider body and legs, as well as a brown-banded yellowish body opposed to an unicolorous brown-reddish body.
Lifecycle Stages
Males bear the eggs on ovigerous legs until they hatch. The larva is protonymphon developmental type 1 according to Brenneis et al. (2017). It develops as endoparasite of gastrovascular cavities of hydroids (Russel & Hedgpeth, 1990).
Habitat Description
It is found in marine environments from 0 to 30 meters in depth. It may live freely or be associated as ecto-parasite to hydroids. Instances of A. hilgendorfi associated with sea stars (Nakamura & Fujita, 2004) or sea cucumbers (Ohshima, 1927) were also reported.
Reproduction
Sexual. External. Polygynandrous mating (Barreto & Avise, 2008).
Pathway

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Compiler: Antoine Flandroit, University of Mons (UMONS)

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Publication date: 2022-09-08

Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2024) Species profile: Ammothea hilgendorfi. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=2051 on 05-05-2024.

General Impacts
Information about the impacts on the environment and biodiversity is lacking.
Management Info
There is no management regarding this species.
Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Ammothea hilgendorfi
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There is no management regarding this species.
Bibliography
10 references found for Ammothea hilgendorfi

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General information
BARRETO, F.S. and AVISE, J.C. (2008), Polygynandry and sexual size dimorphism in the sea spider Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae), a marine arthropod with brood-carrying males. Molecular Ecology, 17: 4164-4175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03895.x
Brenneis, G., Bogomolova, E.V., Arango, C.P. et al. From egg to “no-body”: an overview and revision of developmental pathways in the ancient arthropod lineage Pycnogonida. Front Zool 14, 6 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0192-2
Eno, N. C., A. Robin, and C.W.G. Sanderson. 1997. Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. Joint Nature Conservation Committee Monkstone House, City Road Peterborough PE1 1JY UK.
Hiroshi OHSHIMA, Notes on some Pycnogons Living Semiparasitic on Holothurians, Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, 1927, Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 610-613, Released on J-STAGE March 19, 2008, Online ISSN 1881-1140, Print ISSN 0369-9846, https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.3.610
Koichiro Nakamura, Toshihiko Fujita, Ammothea hilgendorfi (Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) Associated with a Sea-Star, Coscinasterias acutispina (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), from Sagami Bay, Japan, Species Diversity, 2004, Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 251-258, Released on J-STAGE March 30, 2018, Online ISSN 2189-7301, Print ISSN 1342-1670, https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.9.251
Krapp, F. and Sconfietti, R. (1983), Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879), an Adventitious Pycnogonid new for the Mediterranean Sea. Marine Ecology, 4: 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0485.1983.tb00291.x
World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)
Bamber, R. (2012). Anthropogenic spread of the immigrant sea-spider Ammothea hilgendorfii (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae) in UK waters. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5, E78. doi:10.1017/S1755267212000668
Faasse, Marco. (2013). Further dispersal of the sea-spider Ammothea hilgendorfi (Böhm, 1879) in the North Sea to The Netherlands. BioInvasions Records. 2. 10.3391/bir.2013.2.4.04.
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Ammothea hilgendorfi
Pacific brown-banded sea-spider, Zebrazeespin
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(2024). Ammothea hilgendorfi. IUCN Environmental Impact Classification for Alien Taxa (EICAT).