Polychaeta |
Not assigned |
Paraonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 10 - 37 m (Ref. 112705). Subtropical
Atlantic Ocean, Arctic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
This species is found in fine, well sorted sand (Refs. 2780, 96521), mud, and gravel substrate and rocky shores from the intertidal zone to a depth of 2120 m (Ref. 87872). A non-selective, burrowing surface deposit feeder (based from a species under the same family; Ref. 87179).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.
Martin, D. and J. Gil. 2010. (Ref. 85340)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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