Articulata |
Terebratulida |
Platidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 18 - 2190 m (Ref. 1909). Temperate
Atlantic Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Antarctic and the Mediterranean. Subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1909)
Preferred substrate; pedicle attachment to rock and shell substrates; eurybathic; circa littoral-bathyal (Ref. 1884).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.
Foster, M.W. 1989. (Ref. 1909)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.6 - 12.8, mean 6.7 (based on 1496 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.