Thecostraca |
Balanomorpha |
Balanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 106657). Tropical; 40°N - 17°S, 32°W - 0°W
Eastern Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Depth range based on estimate from literature. Forms bands just below low tide on exposed rocky shores (Ref. 2767). On low intertidal and infralittoral rocky shores (Ref. 106657). Key filter feeder; useful bioindicator (Ref. 107000).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Wirtz, P., R. Araújo and A.J. Southward. 2006. (Ref. 2767)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 18.7 - 21.6, mean 20.2 (based on 44 cells).
Price category
Unknown.