Polychaeta |
Not assigned |
Scalibregmatidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 2400 m (Ref. 119523). Polar
Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic and the Antarctic. Tropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75621)
Length based on occurrence; to be replaced with better reference. Found along the sub-littoral zone, on sandbanks, and muddy bottoms associated with organic pollutants. A subsurface deposit-feeder (Refs. 96352, 96501). Motile burrower that uses an unarmed pharynx for feeding (Ref. 125872).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | 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.
Harms, J. 1993. (Ref. 2711)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.9 - 10.6, mean 5.5 (based on 216 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.