Cephalopoda |
Oegopsida |
Brachioteuthidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic-oceanic; depth range 500 - 1000 m (Ref. 275). Polar; 29°S - 74°S, 167°E - 16°E (Ref. 275)
Atlantic, Indo-Pacific and the Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 275)
Oceanic; occurring in equatorial, southern subtropical, southern peripheral water masses. Paralarvae are epipelagic and mesopelagic; adults are lower epipelagic, mesopelagic and bathypelagic. Predators include the dwarf sperm whale, Kogia sima, off Brazil, pygmy sperm whale, K. breviceps, off New Zealand, the southern elephant seal, Miroungia leonina, and fishes, such as hakes and macrurids. A principal prey item seems to be krill (Ref. 97142).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.
Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen 1984 FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 3. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(3):277p. Rome: FAO. (Ref. 275)
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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Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -0.2 - 2, mean 0.4 (based on 18 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
