Polychaeta |
Terebellida |
Ampharetidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 27 - 237 m (Ref. 117328). Polar
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Arctic and Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Found in muddy bottoms. A surface deposit feeder (Ref. 96501), i.e., a microvore that feeds on organic detritus (Ref. 96352). Also a suspension feeder. Sessile and tentaculate (Ref. 125928). Tubiculous (Ref. 112705).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polychaeta are mostly gonochoric (sexual). Mating: Females produce a pheromone attracting and signalling the males to shed sperm which in turn stimulates females to shed eggs, this behavior is known as swarming. Gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing (termed as "epitoky", wherein a pelagic, reproductive individual, "epitoke", is formed from a benthic, nonreproductive individual, "atoke"). After fertilization, most eggs become planktonic; although some are retained in the worm tubes or burrowed in jelly masses attached to the tubes (egg brooders). Life Cycle: Eggs develop into trocophore larva, which later metamorph into juvenile stage (body lengthened), and later develop into adults.
Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid 1996 Megabenthic communities in the waters around Svalbard. Polar Biol. 16:431-446. (Ref. 2952)
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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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.9 - 9.8, mean 4 (based on 877 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
