Thecostraca |
Not assigned |
Peltogastridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal. Subtropical
Northeast Pacific and Western Atlantic: U.S.A and Brazil.
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 order Kentrogonida are gonochoric. Life cycle: Nauplius larvae molt into cyprids. The female settles on a host and metamorphose into kentrogon larva, then into vermigon stage and lastly into an interna which lies into the host's cuticle. It then develops into an externa lying outside the host's abdomen. The male cypris larvae attaches to the female externa, the male then molts into a dwarf male (trichogon larva) and remains as a testis parasitic on the female. Fertilization occurs and the externa becomes the egg sac filled with fertilized eggs.
Young, P.S. 1998 Maxillopoda. Thecostraca. p. 263-285. In Young, P.S. (ed.). Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museo Nacional. Rio de Janeiro. (Ref. 3549)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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