Tentaculata |
Lobata |
Bathocyroidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 2376). Tropical
Western Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Eastern Pacific: Canada and USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)
Found in slope (Ref. 116106). Individuals hang motionless and swim by flapping its lobes together similar to a frog kick; feeds on copepods, amphipods and euphausiids; consumes less oxygen compared to other ctenophores (Ref. 2376).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Ctenophora are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: Eggs develop into planktonic juveniles called cydippid and later gradually adopt the form of adults.
Haddock, S.H.D. and J.F. Case. 1999. (Ref. 1606)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.6 - 14.4, mean 8.6 (based on 32 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.