Graptolithoidea | 
Cephalodiscoidea | 
Cephalodiscidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthic; depth range 50 - 170 m (Ref. 973).  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Antarctic Pacific:  Antarctica and Australia.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Schiaparelli, S., R. Cattaneo-Vietti and P. Mierzejewski 2004 A "protective shell" around the larval cocoon of Cephalodiscus densus Andersson, 1907 (Graptolithoidea, Hemichordata). Polar Biol. 27:813-817. (Ref. 973)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
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  Population dynamicsGrowth
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  Life cycleReproduction
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Larvae
  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): -1.6 - -1, mean -1.2 (based on 9 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.