Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 15 m (Ref. 113256). Tropical, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945)
Eastern Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific, and the Antarctic: Equatorial west coasts of South America and west and southeast Africa. tropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 101433)
This is the largest African pyurid, some specimens are larger than 10 cm across (Ref. 2673). Benthic, marine; aggregations on sediment free rocky substrate; solitary on sandy substrate (Ref. 1134). It forms aggregates or mats in rocky intertidal environments (Ref. 3464). Also found in pier piles and reefs. Feeds on plankton or particles (Ref. 101296).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Members of the class Ascidiacea are hermaphroditic; both cross- and self-fertilization is typical. Life cycle: Eggs develop into lecithotrophic larva before metamorphosing into benthic adults.
Kott, P. 2005. (Ref. 1134)
Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)
Categoria CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilização humana
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
FAO - Aquacultura: produção; pescarias: landings | FishSource | Sea Around Us
Ferramentas
Mais informação
Idade/Tamanho
Crescimento
Comprimento-peso
Comprimento-comprimento
Morfologia
Larvas
Abundância
Fontes da internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 11.9 - 27.3, mean 21.2 (based on 1415 cells).
Categoria de preço
Unknown.