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- Rhincalanidae
- Calanoida
- Copepoda
- Chordata
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Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Copepoda | Calanoida | Rhincalanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Antarctic. Subtropical and polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the subclass Copepoda are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male glues spermatophores to the female's venter. Life cycle: Eggs undergo six naupliar and five larval stages before becoming an adult.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Froneman, P.W. and E.A. Pakhomov. 1998. (Ref. 1675)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic Ecology
Ecology
Population dynamics
Life cycle
Distribution
Human Related
Aquaculture profile
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Outreach
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.