Not assigned |
Acoela |
Sagittiferidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 1998). Subtropical
Mediterranean Sea: France.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.1 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1998)
Depth range based from typelocality (Ref. 1998); to be replaced with a better reference Most abundant in areas with exposed sand and least abundant in zones where decaying sea grass Posidonia oceanica was present on the sediment surface (Ref. 1998).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Turbellaria are mostly hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Eggs directly hatch into miniature adults.
Gschwentner, R., S. Baric and R. Rieger 2002 New model for the formation and function of sagittocysts: Symsagittifera corsicae n. sp. (Acoela). Invertebrate Biology, 120(2):95-103. (Ref. 1998)
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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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
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.