Scaphopoda |
Dentaliida |
Gadilinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 2 - 3800 m (Ref. 1821). Tropical
Western Atlantic: USA, Canada, Brazil, Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3441)
Maximum depth from Ref. 111279.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.
Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat. 2004. (Ref. 1821)
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): 11.5 - 23.6, mean 18.1 (based on 194 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.