Polychaeta |
Terebellida |
Pectinariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 10 - 1500 m (Ref. 86801). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm BL male/unsexed; (Ref. 80356)
Found in shallow waters (Ref. 80356) to bathyal depths (Ref. 86801). In soft bottom sediments (Ref. 102541). Members of the family Pectinariidae are selective deposit-feeders (Ref. 87179).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polychaeta are gonochoric (sexual), gametes are spawned through the metanephridia or body wall rupturing.
Wehe, T. and D. Fiege. 2002. (Ref. 2663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 6.4 - 17, mean 10.2 (based on 818 cells).