Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
; εύρος βάθους 5 - 20 m (Ref. 124808). Subtropical; 12°C - 27°C (Ref. 124808); 61°N - 36°S, 30°W - 36°E
Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean: South Africa and Northern Europe.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.5 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 125088)
Inhabits the intertidal rock pools (Refs. 124797, 124805). Found in sublittoral unconsolidated bottoms, composed equally of very coarse sand, gravel and differently sized pebbles (Ref. 124808). Found on algal hosts such as Bryopsis, Halimeda (Ref. 866), Codium, Cladophora, and Chaetomorpha spp. (Refs. 124807, 125088). Feeds upon several species of siphonaceous green algae, especially Codium fragile and Codium stephensiae (Ref. 866). Also lives and feeds on photophilic algae ( and Flabellia petiolata) and where it is extremely cryptic. It is capable of biosynthesizing de novo secondary metabolites of the polypropionates type with a defensive mission(Ref. 124792). This species has cold affinity (Ref. 124808).
Gosliner, T. 1987. (Ref. 866)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Age/Size
Αύξηση
Length-weight
Length-length
Μορφολογία
Προνύμφες
Αφθονία
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
