Bathynomus kensleyi

Bathynomus kensleyi   Lowry & Dempsey, 2006


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

Malacostraca | Isopoda | Cirolanidae

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

Benthic; depth range 300 - 2500 m (Ref. 7976).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Pacific: South China, Sulu and Coral seas.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7976)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits continental slope, from bathyal to upper abyss (Ref. 7976).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Isopoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Mating usually occurs before and sometimes during the parturial molt. Sperm transfer is indirect. Life cycle: Eggs are brooded in the marsupium, which later hatch into manca postlarva before developing into adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Lowry, J.K. and K. Dempsey 2006 The giant deep-sea scavenger genus Bathynomus (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. p. 163-192. In B. Richer de Forges and J.-L. Justine (eds) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 24(193). (Ref. 7976)

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

  Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.4 - 7.5, mean 4.8 (based on 730 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).

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