Polychaeta |
Eunicida |
Lumbrineridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 286 m (Ref. 87801). Tropical
Southeast Pacific, Western Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea and Antarctic: Central America to northern Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
It is found in intertidal areas to a depth of 286 m (Ref. 87801).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.
Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. 1996 Lista de species y bibliografía de Poliquetos (Polychaeta) del Gran Caribe. Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. nac. Autón, México, Ser. Zool. 67(1):11-50. (Ref. 7866)
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): 5.7 - 26.3, mean 13.9 (based on 896 cells).
