Thecostraca |
Scalpellomorpha |
Lepadidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Circumglobal.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Pelagic (Ref. 99821). Epibiotic (Ref. 111011). Found occasionally on buoys (Ref. 2767) and attached to living and dead things like ships, driftwood, sea snakes, whales and big fishes (Ref. 1064).
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.
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
Human uses
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Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Price category
Unknown.
