Not assigned |
Gordioidea |
Chordodidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; freshwater. Tropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Oceania inland water: Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Nematomorpha are gonochoric. Copulation is common. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into encysted larvae and live as a parasite for some time before becoming a free-living adult.
Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2002 Australian species of Chordodes (Nematomorpha) with a description of two new species, remarks on the genus Chordodes and its life history. Journal of Natural History 36:1569-1588. (Ref. 2341)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.