Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
. Tropical
Indian Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Inhabits shallow waters (Ref. 3113). Littoral (Ref. 115310). Members of the family Sphaeromatidae are omnivores in general (Ref. 108484). Bores into living prop roots of mangroves (Ref. 108486). Gut contents of other wood boring species of Sphaeroma indicates no ingestion of wood particles but algae. Some are capable of filter feeding (Ref. 108487).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Members of the order Isopoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Mating usually occurs before and sometimes during the parturial molt. Sperm transfer is indirect. Life cycle: Eggs are brooded in the marsupium, which later hatch into manca postlarva before developing into adults.
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Strumenti
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Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.