Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Diastylidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 5 - 237 m (Ref. 117483). Polar
Arctic and Northern Atlantic: Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Svalbard.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmmax. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 130103)
Maximum depth from Ref. 117328. Life span is less than 1 yr (Ref. 130103). Main food and feeding type based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 96292). Found in soft bottom (Refs. 117483, 117453).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Cumacea are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. Spawning is characterized by nocturnal swarming behavior. Females brood the eggs in the marsupium where they molt, become mancas and leave.
Cusson, M., P. Archambault and A. Aitken. 2007. (Ref. 3448)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax<1).
Price category
Unknown.