Hoplonemertea |
Monostilifera |
Carcinonemertidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - ? m (Ref. 1293). Subtropical
Eastern Central Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1293); common length : 1.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1293); common length :3 cm TL (female)
Depth from type locality (Ref. 1293); to be replaced with a better reference. Found only in broods of ovigerous lobsters. Inhabits egg-bearing pleopods and are attached to bases of uropods or pleopods adjacent to egg masses of female host. Only found in hosts with eggs in relatively advanced stages of development (Ref. 1293).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Nemertea are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch and develop into short-lived lecitotrophic larvae before metamorphosing into juveniles and further into adults.
Shields, J.D. and A.M. Kuris. 1989. (Ref. 1293)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.