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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; rango de profundidad 1 - 27 m (Ref. 86733). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Belize and Bahamas.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 87027. Only herbivorous amphipod known to feed only on and creates a domicile out of a few closely related seaweeds which produce dictyol-class diterpenes, a compund that prevents it from being eaten by reef fishes (Ref. 86733).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Members of the order Amphipoda are gonochoric and sexually dimoprhic (males larger than females). Mating behavior: Males locate potential partners with the aid of their antenna to detect the pheromones released by the females; the male then rides or carries the female until the latter is ready to molt. When the female is ready, the male pushes the sperm into the marsupium and releases the female afterwards. A few hours later, the female releases her eggs into the marsupium for fertilization. Life cycle: Eggs are brooded in the marsupium. Eggs hatch into juveniles and remain in the marsupium for a few days. Each species undergo 20 molts at most, i.e., 1-year long life cycle.
Hay, M.E., J.E. Duffy and W. Fenical. 1990. (Ref. 86733)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Age/Size
Crecimiento
Length-weight
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Morfología
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 26.7 - 28.2, mean 27.7 (based on 366 cells).
