Articulata |
Rhynchonellida |
Hemithyrididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Southwest Pacific and Antarctic: New Zealand.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1908)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.
Lüter, C. 2001 Larval brooding and development of the micromorph rhynchonellid Tethyrhynchia mediterranea (Brachiopoda: Recent). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81:939-942. (Ref. 1908)
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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More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
