Appendicularia |
Copelata |
Fritillariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Temperate
Circumglobal in warm and temperate waters.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)
Food is mainly collected in the filtering nets of the house, and driven to the mouth by water flow created by ciliary beating of the spiracles. Main food is composed of microalgae (Ref. 3465).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Appendicularia are protandrous hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Eggs develop into hatchlings (feeding juveniles) before turning into adults.
Madin, L.P. 1991 Distribution and taxonomy of Zooplankton in the Alboran Sea and Adjacent Mediterranean sea. A literature Survey and field guide. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Technical Report WHOI-91-26. 200 p. (Ref. 1610)
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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More information
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.
