Hoplonemertea |
Monostilifera |
Tetrastemmatidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 124603). Temperate; 60°N - 43°N, 68°W - 41°E
Northeast Atlantic: Finland, Sweden and Estonia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
In the northern Baltic Sea, it is found in sand and in eelgrass beds (Refs. 95819, 95753). A slow-moving, infaunal predatory carnivore with limited swimming capability (Refs. 95728, 95752, 96470) (Ref. 95752).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Nemertea are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch and develop into short-lived lecitotrophic larvae before metamorphosing into juveniles and further into adults.
Norling, P. and N. Kautsky. 2008. (Ref. 95728)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 127697)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on models
