Malacostraca | 
Isopoda | 
Sphaeromatidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				.  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Mediterranean Sea.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm 0.6  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.6 cm BL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 117304)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Isopoda are mostly gonochoric.  Mating behavior:  Mating usually occurs before and sometimes during the parturial molt.  Sperm transfer is indirect.  Life cycle:  Eggs are brooded in the marsupium, which later hatch into manca postlarva before developing into adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Kirkim, F., A. Kocataş, T. Katağan and M. Sezgın 2006 Contribution to the knowledge of the free-living isopods of the Aegean Sea Coast of Turkey. Turk J Zool 30:361-372. (Ref. 8224)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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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Verktyg
			
			
			
			
				
					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				Internet-källor
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.