Aequiyoldia eightsii, Antarctic yoldia
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Aequiyoldia eightsii   (Jay, 1839)

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

Bivalvia | Nuculanida | Sareptidae

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

Benthic; depth range 36 - 380 m (Ref. 7659).  Subtropical; 24°S - 77°S, 175°W - 175°E

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic and the Antarctic. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7659)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Also in Ref. 83435 (Ref. 2590).

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

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

SAUP Database 2006 SAUP Database. www.seaaroundus.org. (Ref. 356)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Internet sources

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

Resilience
(Ref. 69278):		 Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.06)
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate to high vulnerability (46 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.