Branchiostoma belcheri

Branchiostoma belcheri   Gray, 1847


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

Leptocardii | Not assigned | Branchiostomidae

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

Benthic; depth range 1 - 43 m (Ref. 124788).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Ref. 1492). Climate: tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1478)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in medium coarse brown sand with shell fragments and very small proportion of mud to very fine sand with large proportion of mud (Ref. 1482). Occurs in the intertidal zone (Ref. 1478). Found in shallow waters, on sediments containing high percentage of sand and granule, with low moisture and organic matter content (Ref. 124788).

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

Members of the class Cephalochordata are gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs develop into planktotrophic larva and later on to benthic adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Stokes, M.D. and N.D. Holland 1996 Reproduction of the Florida lancelet (Branchiostoma floridae): spawning patterns and fluctuations in gonad indexes and nutritional reserves. Invertebrate Biology 115(4):349-359. (Ref. 1437)

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): 22 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 2139 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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