Pilidiophora |
Heteronemertea |
Valenciniidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic. Tropical
Indo-Pacific: Australia to Hawaii and the Red Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Nemerteans are carnivores feeding mainly on annelids and crustaceans, although a few scavenge for dead animals (Ref. 833).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Nemertea are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch and develop into short-lived lecitotrophic larvae before metamorphosing into juveniles and further into adults.
Gibson, R. and P. Sundberg. 2001. (Ref. 937)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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More information
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.1 (based on 1812 cells).
Price category
Unknown.