Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Bodotriidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 7 - 9 m (Ref. 2851). Temperate
Northeast Atlantic: Europe.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cmmax. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 130103)
Depth based on occurrence (Ref. 2851, p. 719); to be replaced with better reference. Life span is less than 1 yr (Ref. 130103). Found in estuarine and inshore areas in silt to very fine sand substrate. A microvore that feeds on organic detritus (Ref. 96352).
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.
Alves, F., L. Chicharo, A. Nogueira and J. Regala 2003 Changes in benthic community structure due to clam dreging on the Algarve coast and the importance of seasonal analysis. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83:719-729. (Ref. 2851)
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
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8.9 - 12.5, mean 10.7 (based on 314 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax<1).
Price category
Unknown.
