Thecostraca |
Balanomorpha |
Tetraclitidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 0 - 3 m (Ref. 99696). Tropical
Indo-Pacific. Tetraclita squamosa rufotincta: Red Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.5 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127116)
Infratidal (Ref. 3565). Intertidal to subtidal (Ref. 106854). In steep exposed rocky shores (Ref. 102838).
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.
Taylor, J.D. 1971 Intertidal zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Series B, Biological Sciences) 260(836):173-213. (Ref. 3173)
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 compositionFood consumptionPredators 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
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 21.6 - 29.2, mean 28 (based on 4217 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
