Belize country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Data compiled by Judith Gobin (Ref. 86671). C: Refs. 86671, 83919, 87155.
National Checklist: Belize Biodiversity Information System - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bh.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.caricom-fisheries.com/belize-fisheries
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Miloslavich, P., J.M. Díaz, E. Klein, J.J. Alvarado, C. Díaz, J. Gobin, E. Escobar-Briones, Motta, J.J. Cruz, E. Weil, J. Cortés, A.C. Bastidas, R. Roberston, F. Zapata, A. Martín, J. Castillo, A. Kazandjian and M. Ortiz, 2010
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Polychaete, ... more

Classification / Names / Names প্রচলিত নাম সমূহ | প্রতিনাম সমূহ | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Phyllodocida () > Polynoidae ()

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

; গভীরতার পরিসীমা 2 - 6 m (Ref. 83919). Tropical; 27°C - 28°C (Ref. 87155)

বিতরণ দেশ সমূহ | এফ এ ও এলাকাসমূহ | বাস্তুতন্ত্র | দৃষ্টিগোচর | প্রচলন

Western Central Atlantic: Central America to northern Brazil.

Length at first maturity / আকৃতি / ওজন / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm

Minimum depth from Ref. 87155.

Life cycle and mating behavior পরিপক্কতা | প্রজনন | ডিম ছাড়া | ডিমসমূহ | ডিম্বধারন ক্ষমতা | শুককীট

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.