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Mertensia ovum (Fabricius, 1780)
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Tentaculata | Cydippida | Mertensiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic. Temperate
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Temperate to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.5 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 1094)
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Ctenophora are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: Eggs develop into planktonic juveniles called cydippid and later gradually adopt the form of adults.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Greve, W. 1975. (Ref. 1094)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Diet
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Ecology
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Life cycle
Distribution
Human Related
Aquaculture profile
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Stamps, Coins Misc.
Outreach
Taxonomy
References
Internet sources
BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.