Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Leuconidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 18 - 969 m (Ref. 119523). Temperate
Arctic and Northern Atlantic: Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Svalbard.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8216)
Surface deposit feeder (Ref. 117328).
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.
Shalla, S. and J.D.D. Bishop 2004 Four new species of the genus Leucon (Crustacea: Cumacea) from the Atlantic Frontier Margin. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84:139-153. (Ref. 8216)
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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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
