Eucycliophora |
Symbiida |
Symbiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Host; depth range 20 - 40 m (Ref. 19). Temperate
Northeast Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1173)
Acoelomate, bilaterally symmetrical and with differentiated cuticle marine metazoan. Compound cilia for filter feeding working as a downstream-collecting system.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Brooding of asexual larva (Pandora larva), male and female. Females brooding chordoid larva with a mesodermal, ventral rod of plate-like muscle cells (chordoid structure) and a pair of protonephridia with multiciliated terminal.
Obst, M. and P. Funch. 2005. (Ref. 376)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items
Diet
Food consumption
Ration
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Age/Size
Length-weight
Length-length
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvaeLarval dynamics Human RelatedAquaculture profile
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 5.4 - 10.7, mean 9.4 (based on 94 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.