Scaphopoda |
Dentaliida |
Laevidentaliidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 70 - 70 m (Ref. 3402). Tropical
Western Central Atlantic: Colombia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Depth based from occurrence (Ref. 3402); to be replaced with a better reference.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Scaphopoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.
Majaneva, S., O. Setala, E. Gorokhova and M. Lehtiniemi 2014 Feeding of the Arctic ctenophore Mertensia ovum in the Baltic Sea: evidence of the use of microbial prey. Journal of Plankton Research 36(1):91-103. (Ref. 3402)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.