Malacostraca |
Mysida |
Mysidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal; depth range 2 - 10 m (Ref. 85342). Temperate
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. Temperate to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Primarily a benthic species living close to the bottom; among Cymodocea sp. and Zostera sp. seagrass; also in brackish water, mouths of rivers and lagoons (Ref. 85342). Feeding based on genus data (Ref. 96422).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Mysida are gonochoric. Mating behavior: Male inserts the penis into the marsupium and releases sperm; eggs are then released from the oviducts into the marsupium where fertilization occurs. Life cycle: Eggs are brooded in the marsupium and later hatch into miniature adults, no postlarva.
Greve, W., F. Reiners, J. Nast and S. Hoffmann 2004 Helgoland roads meso- and macrozooplankton time-series 1974 to 2004: lessons from 30 years of single spot, high frequency sampling at the only off-shore island of the North Sea. Helgol Mar Res 58:274-288. (Ref. 2988)
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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Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.9 - 19.4, mean 13.2 (based on 681 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
