Inarticulata |
Acrotretida |
Craniidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Preferred substrate and bio-depth zone, cemented to cave walls and roofs; boulders; coralligène; mainly shallow, infralittoral-circalittoral (Ref. 1884).
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.
Logan, A. and S.L. Long 2001 Shell morphology and geographical distribution of Neocrania (Brachiopoda, Recent) in the eastern North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. In: C.H.C. Brunton, L.R.M. Cocks and S.L. Long, (eds.). Brachiopods past and present. The Systematics Association, Special Volume series, 63:71-79. (Ref. 1887)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae DistributionCountriesFAO areasEcosystemsOccurrencesIntroductions PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
