Loimia medusa (Savigny, 1818)

Medusa worm

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050

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Loimia medusa AquaMaps Data sources: GBIF OBIS

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Classification / Names Tên thường gặp | Các synonym ( Các tên trùng) | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Polychaeta | Terebellida | Terebellidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / Mức độ sâu / distribution range Sinh thái học

Cùng sống ở rạn san hô; Thuộc về nước lợ; Mức độ sâu 10 - 75 m (Tài liệu tham khảo 112705). Tropical

Distribution Các nước | Các khu vực của FAO | Các hệ sinh thái | Những lần xuất hiện | Những chỉ dẫn

Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Bộ gần gũi / Weight / Age

Chín muồi sinh dục: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 25.0 cm BL con đực/không giới tính; (Tài liệu tham khảo 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 Chín muồi sinh dục | Sự tái sinh sản | Đẻ trứng | Eggs | Sự sinh sản | 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.