Aphrodita aculeata, Sea mouse : fisheries

Aphrodita aculeata   Linnaeus, 1761

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Aphrodita aculeata

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

Polychaeta | Aciculata | Aphroditidae

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

Benthic; depth range 37 - 49 m (Ref. 126373).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Northeast Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Northwest Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128012); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128012); common length :11 cm TL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in areas of fine sand (Ref. 96391). Medium level of mobility. Carnivorous (Refs. 96498, 113574). Scavenger and deposit feeder as well (Ref. 66120).

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

Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults (Ref. 833).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Harms, J. 1993. (Ref. 2711)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest\
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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

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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