Thetys vagina, Virgin salpa

Thetys vagina   Tilesius, 1802

Virgin salpa

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Thaliacea | Salpida | Salpidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska; djupintervall 0 - 150 m (Ref. 2376).  Temperate

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean: from New Zealand to Japan, East Pacific Ocean from California to Bering Sea. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 1610)

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Marine, planktonic; tolerates colder waters than most salps (Refs. 1134, 126266). Associated with an attached phyllosomata of the western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus, which was found to consume its host's tissue, exhibiting opportunistic feeding (Ref. 108806).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Salpida includes clonal and sexual phases in its life cycle. Life cycle: The oozooid holds in its stolon the buds and blastozooids, each containing an egg. The blastozooid becomes a brood sac for the fertilized egg which later breaks free as a young zooid.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Kott, P. 2005 Catalogue of Tunicata in Australian Waters. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia Department of the Environment and Heritage. (Ref. 1134)

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

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.3 - 24.7, mean 14.8 (based on 2418 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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