Xenoturbella bocki

Xenoturbella bocki   Westblad, 1949


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Not assigned | Not assigned | Xenoturbellidae

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

Benthic; depth range 40 - 120 m (Ref. 85768).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic: Sweden and Norway.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85768)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Prefers soft to very soft mud rich in organic materials with some silt (Ref. 85768). Preys on nuculid bivalves, possibly feeding on dead or decaying molluscs, or live molluscan egg masses, sperm, larvae or slime (Ref. 96399).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Israelsson, O. 1999. (Ref. 85768)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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