Thecostraca |
Sessilia |
Archaeobalanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of California.
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 superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Van Syoc, R.J. 1988 Description of Membranobalanus robinae, new species of sponge barnacle Cirripedia Archeobalanidae from Baja California, Mexico with a key to the genus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(4):832-837. (Ref. 8374)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Tools
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
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