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Xenoturbellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 40 - 120 m (Ref. 85768). Temperate
Northeast Atlantic: Sweden and Norway.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 85768)
Prefers soft to very soft mud rich in organic materials with some silt (Ref. 85768). Preys on nuculid bivalves, possibly feeding on dead or decaying molluscs, or live molluscan egg masses, sperm, larvae or slime (Ref. 96399).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Israelsson, O. 1999 New light on the enigmatic Xenoturbella (phylum uncertain): ontogeny and phylogeny. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 266(1421):835-841. (Ref. 85768)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Larvae
PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
