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Umbraculum umbraculum   (Lightfoot, 1786)

Atlantic umbrella slug

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed.
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Umbraculida | Umbraculidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 7727).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal tropical, temperate seas and the Mediterranean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 822)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum length from Ref. 822. Found on reefs (Ref. 337) and burrowing or under rocks (Ref. 844). Also on soft substrate (Ref. 109264). Feeds on sponges (Ref. 844).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Notaspidea are mostly simultaneous hermaphrodites.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Templado, J. and R. Villanueva. 2010. (Ref. 85339)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 15.1 - 28.6, mean 26 (based on 1708 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.