Inarticulata |
Acrotretida |
Discinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 37 - 110 m (Ref. 99240). Tropical
Western Pacific: Hong Kong and New Caledonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Depth range based on occurrence. Minimum depth from Ref. 126186. Epifauna; inhabits live corals (Ref. 102291). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823). Attached to boulders. Part of fouling communities. Firmly attach to substrata via their short, stout pedicle (Ref. 126186).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.
MarineSpecies.org. 2050. (Ref. 3477)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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