Megerlia truncata

Megerlia truncata   (Linnaeus, 1767)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Articulata | Terebratulida | Kraussinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile; depth range 82 - 450 m (Ref. 1023).  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3477)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 79382. Prefers rock and shell substrates; shallow but more typically eurybathic; infralittoral-upper bathyal (Ref. 1884).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hansson, H.G. 1998 NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): South Scandinavian Marine "Lophophorata" Check-list compiled at TMBL (Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): South Scandinavian marine "Lophophorata" Check-List. Internet pdf Ed., Feb. 1999. [http://www.tmbl.gu.se]. (Ref. 1023)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.4 - 15.6, mean 14 (based on 54 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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