Microcardium lukasi
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Microcardium lukasi   ter Poorten, 2023

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Bivalvia | Cardiida | Cardiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 87 - 547 m (Ref. 132936).  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.0 cm SHH male/unsexed; (Ref. 132936)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth range and maximum size based from original description; to be replaced with a better reference. A mid and deeper shelf species known to live on fine sand and mud, at depths of 87 to 547 meters (Ref. 132936).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

ter Poorten, J.J. 2023 Hidden diversity in cockles: six new Indo-Pacific species and a new subfamily with notes on the Vasticardium elongatum species group (Bivalvia: Cardiidae). Basteria 87(2):169. (Ref. 132936)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (10 of 100).