Copepoda |
Siphonostomatoida |
Caligidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Northeast Pacific: Canada.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
The larvae moves to the surface during daylight and downward at night (Ref. 94123).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the subclass Copepoda are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male glues spermatophores to the female's venter. Life cycle: Eggs undergo six naupliar and five larval stages before becoming an adult.
Brooks, K.M. 2005 The effects of water temperature, salinity, and currents on the survival and distribution of the infective copepodid stage of sea lice (Lepeoptheirus salmonis) originating on Atlantic salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago of British Columbia, C Reviews in Fisheries Science 13:177-204. (Ref. 94123)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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.
