Tentaculata |
Lobata |
Bathocyroidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 2376). Tropical
Western Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Eastern Pacific: Canada and USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)
Found in slope (Ref. 116106). Individuals hang motionless and swim by flapping its lobes together similar to a frog kick; feeds on copepods, amphipods and euphausiids; consumes less oxygen compared to other ctenophores (Ref. 2376).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Ctenophora are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: Eggs develop into planktonic juveniles called cydippid and later gradually adopt the form of adults.
Haddock, S.H.D. and J.F. Case 1999 Bioluminescence spectra of shallow and deep-sea gelatinous zooplankton:ctenophores, medusae and siphonores. Mar. Biol. 133:571-582. (Ref. 1606)
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 Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.6 - 14.4, mean 8.6 (based on 32 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
