Thecostraca |
Balanomorpha |
Chthamalidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean: British Isles.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.2 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 3719)
Found on rocky shores and harbors (Ref. 2767). Infratidal (Ref. 3565).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 1963. (Ref. 3719)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/SizeGrowthLength-weightLength-lengthMorphologyLarvaeAbundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.6 - 20.1, mean 12.2 (based on 230 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.