Thecostraca |
Scalpellomorpha |
Lepadidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 75 m (Ref. 105990). Tropical; 81°N - 57°S, 179°W - 180°E
Circumglobal (76°N to 57°S): Indian Ocean, Europe, California to Panama, Japan, Philippines, Australia , North America, northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil and Argentina.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Pelagic (Ref. 99821). Found on buoys and floating objects (Refs. 2767, 7484, 85157) and grows on cork lifebelt (Ref. 3534). Also on keel of ships and driftwood. Known as a fouling species (Ref. 81749). Nonselective filter feeder; opportunistically ingests an array of zooplankton and fills its gut with sand when stranded on the beach. Readily ingest large prey up to 5 mm in diameter (Ref. 106994).
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.
Young, P.S. 1998 Maxillopoda. Thecostraca. p. 263-285. In Young, P.S. (ed.). Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museo Nacional. Rio de Janeiro. (Ref. 3549)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 8.8 - 28.9, mean 25 (based on 3094 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
