Bivalvia |
Nuculanida |
Nuculanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 20 - 1400 m (Ref. 117961). Polar; 82°N - 19°N, 180°W - 180°E
Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Subtropical to polar.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.8 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435)
A subsurface deposit feeder (Ref. 96501).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam.
Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams. 1998. (Ref. 1667)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 0.5 - 11.4, mean 7.3 (based on 59 cells).
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.32).
Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.