Epimenia australis

Epimenia australis   (Thiele, 1987)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aplacophora | Cavibelonia | Epimeniidae

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

Benthic; depth range 18 - 2000 m (Ref. 1881).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Pacific and Eastern Indian Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1881)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Scheltema, A.H. and M. Jebb 1994 Natural history of a solenogaster mollusc from Papua New Guinea, Epimenia australis (Thiele) (Aplacophora: Neomeniomorpha). Journal of Natural History, 28:1297-1318. (Ref. 1881)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.4 - 13.9, mean 8.3 (based on 363 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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