Scaphopoda |
Gadilida |
Gadilidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 750 - 1915 m (Ref. 1821). Tropical
Indo-Pacific: East Africa to Indonesia and New Caledonia. Tropical to temperate climates.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Scapophoda are gonochoric. Fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into free-swimming lecithotrophic trochophore larvae, succeeded by shelled veligers.
Steiner, G. and A.R. Kabat. 2004. (Ref. 1821)
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): 3.5 - 6.8, mean 4.5 (based on 531 cells).
Price category
Unknown.