Thecostraca |
Scalpellomorpha |
Lepadidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Atlantic and Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
On small floating objects from tropical and subtropical latitudes (Ref. 1064).
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.
Jennings, L.S. 1918 Revision of the Cirripedia of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 50:56-63. (Ref. 3585)
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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Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
