Gymnolaemata |
Ctenostomatida |
Alcyonidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 1 - 53 m (Ref. 86508). Temperate
Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 116066. Epibenthic, encrusting (Ref. 116066). This is a suspension feeder, that feeds on diatoms and unicellular algae (Ref. 3477).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sexual and asexual; bryozoan colonies consist of replicated series of zooids, each budded asexually from a predecessor. The founding zooid metamorphoses from the sexually produced larva. Hermaphroditic (Ref. 87872).
Gappa, J.L. 2000. (Ref. 1202)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Unknown.