Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Diastylidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea: UK. Temperate and subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cmmax. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 130103)
Life span is less than 1 yr (Ref. 130103).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Cumacea are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. Spawning is characterized by nocturnal swarming behavior. Females brood the eggs in the marsupium where they molt, become mancas and leave.
Watling, L. 2005 Cumacea World database. http://www.marinespecies.org/cumacea (Ref. 8293)
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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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax<1).
