Thaliacea |
Salpida |
Salpidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 22 - 4791 m (Ref. 108091). Subtropical
Northwest Atlantic, Antarctic Indian Ocean and Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Marine, planktonic; not below 100 m (Ref. 1134).
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.
Kott, P. 2005. (Ref. 1134)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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More information
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.2 - 6, mean 3.2 (based on 1130 cells).
Price category
Unknown.