Xenobrochus africanus   (Cooper, 1973)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Xenobrochus africanus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Articulata | Terebratulida | Dyscoliidae

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

Benthic; depth range 105 - 675 m (Ref. 99240).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific and Southeast Atlantic: New Caledonia, Mozambique and South Africa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 102088. Found on muddy substrates (Ref. 59427). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823).

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

Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hiller, N. 1994. (Ref. 2170)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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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

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.5 - 20.9, mean 15.6 (based on 72 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.