Not assigned |
Gordioidea |
Chordodidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; freshwater. Tropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
South America inland water: Brazil.
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.
de Villalobos, C. and F. Zanca 2005 Ultrastructural redescription of Chordodes moraisi (Carvalho, 1942) and Chordodes straviarskii Carvalho and Feio, 1950, and re-interpretation of Chordodes gestri Camerano, 1904 and Pseudochordodes griffinii Camerano, 1898). Journal of Natural History 39(8):597-606. (Ref. 2340)
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.