Polychaeta |
Sabellida |
Sabellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 2 - 5 m (Ref. 87155). Tropical; 27°C - 28°C (Ref. 87155)
Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.5 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80356)
Minimum depth range from Belize (Ref. 87155). Maximum depth from Ref. 83919. Found in shallow waters (Ref. 80356) and epizoic on Crassostrea rhizophorae (Ref. 83341)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.
Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice, L.G. Eldredge and J.T. Carlton. 1999. (Ref. 3356)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.8 - 28.5, mean 27.1 (based on 1460 cells).
Price category
Unknown.