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Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1818)
Medusa worm| Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 |
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Polychaeta | Terebellida | Terebellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία
Υφαλόφιλο(α); Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 10 - 75 m (Αναφ. 112705). Tropical
Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές
Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic. Tropical and subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm BL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 78042)
Inhabits Halodule wrightii beds (Ref. 83353). Also found in tide pools, deep estuarine channels and rubble in bays and seas. In protected areas where organic detritus is substantial and frequently replenished. Builds tube from sand and gravel or simply protect their body within vertical holes or in reef crevices (Ref. 107245). Sessile tentaculate suspension and surface deposit feeder (Ref. 125928).
Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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.
Main reference
Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 1996. (Αναφ. 7866)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Αναφ. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Τροφική Οικολογία
Οικολογία
Population dynamics
Αύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Στρατολόγηση
Αφθονία
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Στρατολόγηση
Αφθονία
Life cycle
Distribution
Human Related
Aquaculture profiles
Stamps, coins, misc.
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
Αναφορές
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref. 115969): 18.5 - 28.3, mean 26.4 (based on 1642 cells).
Price category
(Αναφ. 80766):
Unknown.