Thecostraca | 
Pollicipedomorpha | 
Pollicipedidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Sessile; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 356).  Subtropical, preferred 19°C (Ref. 107945); 50°N -   15°N, 19°W -   6°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northeast Atlantic  and the Mediterranean.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 101388)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Exposed to heavy swell on rocky intertidal areas.  Typically associated with cliffs and deep channels (Ref. 106932).  Natural diet requires more studies.  Its related species P. polymerus feed on diatoms, detritus, pelagic crustaceans, phytoplankton, microalgae, copepods and polychaetes; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 113151).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic.  Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity.  Life cycle:  Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity.  Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults (Ref. 833).  Species is a  simultaneous hermaphrodite (Ref. 117168).				
			
			
			
			
			
				MarineSpecies.org 2050 MarineSpecies.org. http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php (Ref. 3477)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 11.5 - 19.2, mean 14.9 (based on 134 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
							
					
						Climate Vulnerability  					
					
					High vulnerability (60 of 100).				
						
			
			
			
				Nutrients  :  Calcium = 126 [75, 177]  mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92]  mg/100g; Protein = 16.6 [15.4, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400]  g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2]  μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02]  mg/100g (wet weight); based on 
nutrient studies.