Inarticulata |
Lingulida |
Lingulidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 34 - 200 m (Ref. 1456). Tropical
Eastern Central Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth from Ref. 99240. Benthic, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal (Ref. 1456). Filter-feeder (Ref. 68823). Occurs in and burrows in sandy silt sparsely covered with seaweeds (Ref. 108067).
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.
Australian Biological Resources Study. 2000. (Ref. 1456)
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): 9.6 - 27.9, mean 22.3 (based on 1273 cells).
Price category
Unknown.