Polychaeta |
Phyllodocida |
Syllidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 2 - 2560 m (Ref. 116516). Tropical; 27°C - 28°C (Ref. 87155)
Cosmopolitan. Tropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75621)
Length based on occurrence record; to be replaced with better reference. Known from low water to a depth of 2560 meters (Ref. 116516). Motile carnivore that uses a jawed pharynx for feeding (Ref. 125928).
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.
Vittor, B.A. 2002 Gray's Reef benthic macroinvertebrate community assessment, April 2001. Final Report to NOAA under contract No. 50-DGNC-0-90024, NOAA NOS, Charleston, SC. (Ref. 3209)
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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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.7 - 26.6, mean 10.1 (based on 2765 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
