Solenogastres | 
Not assigned | 
Acanthomeniidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 2000 - 4327 m (Ref. 3445).  Temperate			
			
			
				
			
			
				Distribution				
					Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions				
			
			
				Northeast Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 1795.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Aplacophora are mostly hermaphroditic.  Life cycle:  Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic larvae which later develop into adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Scheltema, A.H. 1999 New Eastern Atlantic Neomenoid Aplacophoran Molluscs (Neomeniomorpha, Aplacophora). Ophelia 51(1):1-28. (Ref. 1795)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 2.7 - 3.3, mean 3 (based on 322 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.