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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 200 - 1000 m (Ref. 850), usually 200 - 300 m (Ref. 850). Tropical (Ref. 850); 52°N - 35°S (Ref. 850)
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 850); 0.22 cm SHL (female)
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Ostracoda are gonochoric. Sperm transfer is direct. During copulation, male clasps the female dorsally and posteriorly and later on injects its penis between the valves of the female. Eggs may either be attached to a substratum or brooded, where they grow and hatch as nauplii.