Gastropoda |
Neotaenioglossa |
Velutinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 4 - 325 m (Ref. 118694). Temperate; 82°N - 42°N, 110°E - 0°E (Ref. 83435)
Northeast Pacific, Northern Atlantic, Arctic and the Mediterranean Sea: North Sea; Alaska, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, south to central California. Polar to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.8 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
Found on rocks in shallow waters to 20 m depth. Typically associated with the solitary stalked tunicate, Styela gibbsii (Ref. 95344). Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults (Ref. 833).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter. 1999. (Ref. 3123)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 119314)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.7 - 12.1, mean 6.4 (based on 919 cells).
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