Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Diastylidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 130 m (Ref. 125264). Temperate; 82°N - 51°N, 167°W - 84°E
Arctic and Northern Atlantic: from Alaska to Iceland, south to Belgium, north to Franz Josef Land and east to Kara Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7882); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 129949)
Species' maximum length from the Belgian part of the North Sea (Ref. 7882). Found along the coastal zone, often in fine-grained sediments and mud (Ref. 7882). Also found in hard bottom (Ref. 117453). This is a surface deposit feeder (Ref. 96214). Main food based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 96292).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Cumacea are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. Spawning is characterized by nocturnal swarming behavior. Females brood the eggs in the marsupium where they molt, become mancas and leave.
Harms, J. 1993 Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresunters 47:1-34. (Ref. 2711)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=2).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
