Copepoda |
Cyclopoida |
Corycaeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Indo-West Pacific: Iraq, Oman, China and Hong Kong.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Members of family Corycaeidae are small visual predators, active ambush feeders, preying on nanozooplankton, nauplii, and younger stages of copepodites (Ref. 115381). This is a carnivore species (Ref. 129013).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the subclass Copepoda are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male glues spermatophores to the female's venter. Life cycle: Eggs undergo six naupliar and five larval stages before becoming an adult.
Zheng, Y., X. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Wang, X. Shen, W. Chen and C. Li. 2003. (Ref. 75927)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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