Copepoda |
Harpacticoida |
Ameiridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; brackish; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 111077). Subtropical
Western Central Atlantic: USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Errant burrower. Deposit ingester-grazer (Ref. 82807). Euryhaline. Also found on submergent vegetation (Ref. 111077).
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.
Chandler, G.T. and J.W. Fleeger 1987 Facilitative and inhibitory interactions among estuarine meiobenthic harpacticoid copepods. Ecology 68(6):1906-1919. (Ref. 82807)
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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Abundance
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Price category
Unknown.