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Rhopalaea birkelandi Tokioka, 1971
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Ascidiacea | Aplousobranchia | Diazonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Sessile; depth range 30 - 135 m (Ref. 128823). Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Central Pacific: Pacific coast of Central America, Costa Rica and Panama.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
This is a solitary species (Ref. 128823).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Stoecker, D. 1980 Distribution of acid and vanadium in Rhopalaea birkelandi Tokioka. J. Exper. Marine Biol. And Ecol. 48(3):277-281. (Ref. 7370)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
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Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.