Cephalopoda |
Octopoda |
Argonautidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
Πελαγικό(ά); εύρος βάθους 0 - 1280 m (Αναφ. 100197). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific and Central and South Atlantic. Tropical to boreal.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm ML αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 122435); 50 cm ML (female)
Total length to at least 11.8 cm. Shell length to 10.6 cm. Total length to at least 1.2 cm (excluding hectocotylus), and 4 cm (including hectecotylus) (Ref. 98986). Before maturation, female argonauts utilize their glands on their dorsal arms to produce a shell, which it uses as a home. Primarily feeds on jellyfish and is typically found associated with them, most likely as a camouflage. Included in their diet are pelagic mollusks, octopods, crustaceans, comb jellyfishes and fishes. Males are small and possesses a third arm which detaches during mating and carries the spermatophores to the females. They are observed to inhabit salps (Ref. 98471).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.
Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams 1998 Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society (Special publication 26), Bethesda, Maryland. 526 p. (Αναφ. 1667)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Population dynamicsΑύξησηMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionΑφθονία Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.6 - 18.8, mean 11.7 (based on 1478 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
