Family: |
Stomolophidae () |
Max. size: |
18 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
pelagic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 85 m |
Distribution: |
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Tropical to temperate. |
Diagnosis: |
Up to 18 cm wide, half egg shaped or almost globular; number of velar lappets variable, about 14 in each octant, grooves between them short, all alike; scapules large, extending to or beyond level of bell margin; the free, bifurcate ends of the mouth-arms flare outwards, the lateral branches long. |
Biology: |
Neritic, estuarine, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114). Feeds on bivalve veligers, gastropod veligers, copepod eggs, nauplii, copepodites and adults, and Oikopleura sp. (Ref. 106824). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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