Thecostraca |
Sessilia |
Archaeobalanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 15 - 180 m (Ref. 81749). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific and the Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Sublittoral (Ref. 99821).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Wirtz, P., R. Araújo and A.J. Southward. 2006. (Ref. 2767)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 17.3 - 28, mean 25.4 (based on 1085 cells).
Price category
Unknown.