Cercopagis pengoi   (Ostroumov, 1891)

Fish-hook water flea
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Branchiopoda | Diplostraca | Cercopagididae

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

Pelagic; brackish.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Ponto-Caspian Region.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7354); 0.23 cm BL (female)

Short description Morphology

Body length of females varies from 1.2 to 2.3 mm, that of males from 1.2 to 2.1 mm. The caudal process exceeds the main body 3 to 7 times. With a distinctive long caudal process that terminates in a characteristically toothed loop.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

A euryhaline species that prefers brackish water environment (Ref. 7354). During feeding, it punctures the carapace, ingests the tissue and discards the exoskeleton (Ref. 95964).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Krylov, P.I., D.E. Bychenkov, V.E. Panov, N.V. Rodionova and I.V. Telesh. 1999. (Ref. 7353)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).