Branchiopoda |
Diplostraca |
Cercopagididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; brackish. Temperate
Ponto-Caspian Region.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7354); 0.23 cm BL (female)
Body length of females varies from 1.2 to 2.3 mm, that of males from 1.2 to 2.1 mm. The caudal process exceeds the main body 3 to 7 times. With a distinctive long caudal process that terminates in a characteristically toothed loop.
A euryhaline species that prefers brackish water environment (Ref. 7354). During feeding, it punctures the carapace, ingests the tissue and discards the exoskeleton (Ref. 95964).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Krylov, P.I., D.E. Bychenkov, V.E. Panov, N.V. Rodionova and I.V. Telesh. 1999. (Ref. 7353)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).