Copepoda |
Calanoida |
Pontellidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Northwest Pacific: Japan and Hong Kong.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the subclass Copepoda are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male glues spermatophores to the female's venter. Life cycle: Eggs undergo six naupliar and five larval stages before becoming an adult.
Checkley, D.M., Uye Jr., M.J. Dagg, M.M. Mullin, M. Omori, T. Onbe and M.-y. Zhu 1992 Diel variation of the zooplankton and its environment at neritic stations in the Inland Sea of Japan and the north-west Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Plankton Research 14(1):1-40. (Ref. 97597)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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