Ostracoda |
Myodocopida |
Cypridinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 35 - 3500 m (Ref. 850), usually 1000 - 3500 m (Ref. 850). Tropical; 3°C - 19°C (Ref. 850)
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Salinity range: 34.4 to 36.9 percentile (Ref. 850).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Ostracoda are gonochoric. Sperm transfer is direct. During copulation, male clasps the female dorsally and posteriorly and later on injects its penis between the valves of the female. Eggs may either be attached to a substratum or brooded, where they grow and hatch as nauplii.
Deevey, G.B. 1968 Pelagic Ostracods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. Bulletin 26. New Haven, Connecticut. 125 p. (Ref. 850)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)Diet compositionFood consumptionPredators Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.5 - 4.3, mean 2.5 (based on 5282 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
