Pyura chilensis, Edible sea squirt : fisheries

Pyura chilensis   Molina, 1782

Edible sea squirt

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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ascidiacea | Stolidobranchia | Pyuridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; εύρος βάθους 0 - 200 m (Αναφ. 3435).  Temperate, preferred 12°C (Αναφ. 107945); 18°S - 55°S, 78°W - 58°W

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Southeast Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, and Antarctic Atlantic: from southern Peru to southern Chile and Argentina from Valdes Peninsula to Islas de los Estados and Falkland Islands. Subtropical and temperate.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 101432)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Occurs from the low intertidal down to the subtidal along the Chilean and Peruvian coast (Ref. 381 and 1135). Isolated individuals or forming patches of matrices of barrel-like individuals with hard outer tunic cemented together on the substratum (Ref. 382); Solitary; a sessile, filter-feeder (Ref. 1135).

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

A digonic hermaphrodite with separate male and female gonads that free-spawn externally to fertilized gametes, which leads to the development of swimming tadpole larvae (Ref. 2264).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Davis, A.R. 1995 Overexploitation of Pyura chilensis (Ascidiacea) in southern Chile: the urgent need to establish marine reserves. Rev Chil Hist Nat 68:107-116. (Αναφ. 381)

IUCN Red List Status (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

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Αφθονία
Life cycle
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Larvae
Physiology
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Αναφορές

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: ; publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.9 - 16.5, mean 9.1 (based on 322 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Αναφ. 125649): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Low.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 16.6 [15.4, 17.8] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.