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Meiomenia arenicola   Salvini-Plawen, 1985

Atlantic psammonworm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Meiomenia arenicola  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from eastern United States (Ref. 1667), in Fort Pierce Inlet and Capron Shoals of Florida (Ref. 1239).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
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Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Pholidoskepia () > Meiomeniidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 11 - 16 m (Ref. 1239).   Subtropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Western Atlantic: USA and Canada. Tropical to polar climates of northern hemisphere.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1239); common length : 0.1 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1239)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Found in the littoral zone. Active hunter (Ref. 111265).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Members of the class Aplacophora are mostly hermaphroditic. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic larvae which later develop into adults.

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Morse, M.P. and J.L. Norenburg. 1992. (Ref. 1239)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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Nomi Comuni
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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.1 - 23.7, mean 7.2 (based on 168 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.