Bivalvia |
Carditida |
Astartidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 2000 m (Ref. 125188). Polar; 81°N - 6°S, 74°W - 107°E
Northern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Western Central Pacific: from Connecticut, USA to Svalbard and Kara Sea, southeast to Indonesia. Polar to tropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Main food based on another species of the same genus; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 96313).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.
Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter. 1999. (Ref. 3123)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 127697)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates of some properties based on models
Price category
Unknown.
