Thaliacea |
Salpida |
Salpidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 90 m (Ref. 3475). Subtropical
Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean: Europe.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 6.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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.
Madin, L.P. 1991 Distribution and taxonomy of Zooplankton in the Alboran Sea and Adjacent Mediterranean sea. A literature Survey and field guide. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Technical Report WHOI-91-26. 200 p. (Ref. 1610)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowthMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundance Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 21.5 - 29.1, mean 28.2 (based on 1536 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.