Not assigned |
Gordioidea |
Chordodidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; freshwater. Subtropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
South America.
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 phylum Nematomorpha are gonochoric. Copulation is common. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into encysted larvae and live as a parasite for some time before becoming a free-living adult.
de Villalobos, C. and D. Voglino 2000 Description of Gordionus porosus n. sp. and redescription of Gordionus ondulatus (Nematomorpha, Parachordodinae) with scanning electron microscopy. The Journal of Parasitology 86(2):358-365. (Ref. 2342)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.