Copepoda | 
Calanoida | 
Temoridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 108329).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-West Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Neritic, oceanic surface, epipelagic (Ref. 111077).  Tropical to temperate waters.  Generates a feeding current and filters suspended particles (Ref. 115365).  Omnivorous but primarily opportunistic herbivores (Refs. 115366, 129013).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Zheng, Y., X. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Wang, X. Shen, W. Chen and C. Li 2003 Biological resources and the environment in East China Sea. Scientific Technology Publishing of Shanghai, 835 p. (Ref. 75927)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 13.9 - 24.8, mean 20.9 (based on 163 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
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					Unknown.