Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic; depth range 10 - 1239 m (Ref. 116013). Subtropical
Cosmopolitan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)
Minimum depth from Ref. 87801. Uncommon deep water species (Ref. 2376). In slope (Ref. 116013). Meroplanktonic (Ref. 120471). Lives on other hydroids (Ref. 1663), Obelia dichotoma, Bougainvillia muscus, Synthecium protectum, Parascyphus repens, Plumularia setacea, Halopteris schucherti, Clytia linearis and Lafoea dumosa (Ref. 87801) (Ref. 87801), at depths 10 to 500m (Ref. 1663, 87801). Found from off the south coast in depths of 133-1214m (Ref. 64386).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Reproduction occurs only in hydroid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 19).
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.6 - 17.2, mean 6.1 (based on 2169 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.