Pegea confoederata

Pegea confoederata   (Forsskål, 1775)


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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Thaliacea | Salpida | Salpidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 182 m (Ref. 3475).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific. Tropical to temperate.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Marine, planktonic (Ref. 1134). Exhibits vertical migration (Ref. 3482). Found at depths to 150 m (Ref. 2376).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Kott, P. 2005. (Ref. 1134)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  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): 13.7 - 29, mean 26.4 (based on 3942 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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