Trypanosyllis gigantea   (McIntosh, 1885)


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

Polychaeta | Phyllodocida | Syllidae

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

Benthic; depth range 54 - 926 m (Ref. 107177).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean Sea and the Antarctic. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the lower intertidal. Free-living. Reported from holdfast of kelps (Ref. 107169). Members of the family Syllidae may be detritivores, deposit feeders or carnivores (Ref. 87179).

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

Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Sicinski, J. and P. Gillet. 2002. (Ref. 87389)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1.4 - 17.3, mean 12.9 (based on 464 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.