Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
. Tropical
Distribución
Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones
Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean and Western Indian Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Inhabits muddy detritic areas (Ref. 2780). Feeds on small crustaceans, echinoderms, polychaetes, gastropods, sponges and hydroids (based from the feeding ecology of the family Polynoidae; Ref. 87179).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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.
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 1996. (Ref. 7866)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Herramientas
Más información
Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfología
Larva
Abundancia
Fuentes de Internet
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
