Malacostraca |
Euphausiacea |
Euphausiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 100 - 600 m (Ref. 96715), usually ? - 500 m (Ref. 118505). Boreal; 2°C - 15°C (Ref. 118496), preferred 4°C (Ref. 107945); 80°N - 27°N, 78°W - 52°E (Ref. 118505)
Arctic, Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from North Carolina, USA and Canada (Hudson Strait) to 52°E in Novaya Zemlya, Russia, north to Fram Strait and south to Cape Juby, Morocco.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 3 - 3.5 cm Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2864); max. reported age: 2.00 years (Ref. 130001)
Minimum depth range from Ref. 118505. This is an omnivorous species (Refs. 96715, 118584) (Ref. 356).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Brinton, E. 1962. (Ref. 2864)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.6 - 11.1, mean 3.6 (based on 68 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1; tmax=2).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
Nutrients: Calcium = 109 [35, 184] mg/100g; Iron = 1.59 [1.21, 1.97] mg/100g; Protein = 20.2 [19.2, 21.3] %; Omega3 = 0.285 [0.185, 0.386] g/100g; Selenium = 48.3 [-31.7, 128.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.79 [1.17, 2.40] mg/100g (wet weight).
