Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Leuconidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal. Temperate
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northwest Atlantic: USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmmax. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 130103)
Life span is less than 1 yr (Ref. 130103).
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.
Watling, L. 2005. (Ref. 8293)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items
Diet
Food consumption
Ration
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthAge/SizeLength-weightLength-lengthLength-frequenciesMass conversionRecruitmentAbundance Human RelatedAquaculture profile
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax<1).
Price category
Unknown.