Gastropoda |
Nudibranchia |
Discodorididae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 0 - 208 m (Ref. 865). Temperate
Eastern Pacific: Alaska to Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)
It is found on hard and soft bottoms up to depths of 208 meters (Ref. 865).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Nudibranchia are simultaneous hermaphrodites. Mating behavior: Both individuals darts their penis toward each other to induce one to act as a male and the other as the female. The victorious one to penetrate the body wall is the dominant male. Life cycle: Eggs are deposited on a substratum where they develop and hatch into (planktonic) vestigial veliger larval stage and further grow as adults.
Pacific Northwest Shell Club 2014 Pacific Northwest marine molluscan biodiversity. Pacific Northwest Shell Club, www.PNWCS.org. http://www.bily.com/pnwsc/web-content/Northwest%20Marine%20Molluscan%20Biodiversity.html [Accessed 06/02/2014]. (Ref. 94906)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 5.3 - 23.4, mean 9.8 (based on 98 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).