Thecostraca |
Scalpellomorpha |
Heteralepadidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile. Tropical
Mediterranean Sea and Western Pacific: Japan and the Philippines.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Often found on spines of Stylocidaris (Ref. 85157).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the superorder Thoracica are mostly hermaphroditic. Broadcast spawners, fertilization occurs in the mantle cavity. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into planktonic nauplii and leave the mantle cavity. Afterwards, they undergo six naupliar instars succeded by nonfeeding cypris larva (settling stage) which later metamorphose into adults.
Chan, B.K.K. 2009 Shallow-water and deep-sea barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) collected during the Philippine Panglao 2005 Expedition with descriptions of two new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 20:47-82. (Ref. 85157)
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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