Hoplonemertea |
Monostilifera |
Emplectonematidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Pacific Ocean and the Arctic: Japan to Russia and northern Alaska, south to Baja California. Tropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 930); common length : 15.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 930)
Found under stones or among Laminarian roots (Ref. 907), among other seaweeds, barnacles, and mussels. Very voracious feeders (Ref. 930).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Nemertea are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch and develop into short-lived lecitotrophic larvae before metamorphosing into juveniles and further into adults.
Iwata, F. 1954. (Ref. 907)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.