Copepoda |
Calanoida |
Acartiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal; brackish. Temperate
Northern Pacific and Northeast Atlantic: China, Canada and England.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
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.
Markowski, S. 1962 Faunistic and ecological investigations in Cavendish Dock, Barrow-In-Furness. The Journal of Animal Ecology 31(1):43-51. (Ref. 2802)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
