Tentaculata |
Lobata |
Bolinopsidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 8 - 1270 m (Ref. 123763). Temperate; 79°N - 62°S, 180°W - 180°E
Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Antarctic: throughout the Arctic, from Svalbard, then south to South Shetland Islands. Temperate to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 1094)
Inhabits shallow water (Ref. 116516). Vertically oriented, cruising up or down using ciliated mucous covered oral lobes; feeds on copepods, euphausiids and other small zooplankton (Ref. 2376).
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.
Greve, W. 1975 Ctenophora. Fich. Ident. Zooplancton 146, 1975, 6 pp. (Ref. 1094)
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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More information
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
