Malacostraca |
Cumacea |
Leuconidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 392 - 1355 m (Ref. 77081). Temperate; 72°N - 16°N, 156°W - 36°E
Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Sea: from Beaufort Sea to USA, then Norway to Mediterranean and south to Mauritania. Polar to subtropical.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Commonly found at depths between 30 - 50 m, in sediments of muddy fine sand (Ref. 96521). A deposit feeder (Ref. 3477).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Cumacea are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. Spawning is characterized by nocturnal swarming behavior. Females brood the eggs in the marsupium where they molt, become mancas and leave.
Harms, J. 1993 Check list of species (algae, invertebrates and vertebrates) found in the vicinity of the island of Helgoland (North Sea, German Bight) - a review of recent records. Helgoländer Meeresunters 47:1-34. (Ref. 2711)
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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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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