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Limea pygmaea (Philippi, 1845)
Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Bivalvia | Limida | Limidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Sessile; depth range 3 - 3714 m (Ref. 124196). Polar; 24°S - 78°S, 75°W - 160°E
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Southern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and the Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.5 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
Found in rocky infralittoral areas (Ref. 87683) and in forests of Macrocystis pyrifera (Ref. 92889).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Gaillard, J.M. 1974. (Ref. 87683)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 3.7 - 12.1, mean 7.2 (based on 135 cells).