Polychaeta |
Aciculata |
Pilargidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 30 - 45 m (Ref. 74514). Tropical
Southeast Pacific to Central north Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 74514)
Depth range or Depth based from holotype (Ref. 74514); to be replaced with a better reference. Assumed maximum length from Ref. 74514.
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.
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I., J.H. Bailey-Brock and J.C. Dreyer. 2007. (Ref. 74514)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 15.2 - 22, mean 18.1 (based on 8 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).