Articulata |
Terebratulida |
Kraussinidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 82 - 450 m (Ref. 1023). Temperate
Northeast Atlantic, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3477)
Maximum depth from Ref. 79382. Prefers rock and shell substrates; shallow but more typically eurybathic; infralittoral-upper bathyal (Ref. 1884).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the phylum Brachiopoda are gonochoric. Eggs are shed into the water and fertilized at the time of spawning. Life cycle: Eggs develop into free-swimming larvae which later metamorphose into adult.
Hansson, H.G. 1998. (Ref. 1023)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 11.4 - 15.6, mean 14 (based on 54 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.