Styela plicata   (Lesueur, 1823)

Pleated sea squirt

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Styela plicata

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

Ascidiacea | Stolidobranchia | Styelidae

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

Sessile; brackish; depth range 5 - 30 m (Ref. 116065).  Tropical; 65°N - 10°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Cosmopolitan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2268)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Assumed maximum total length from Ref. 2268. Tolerates brackish and polluted waters (Ref. 1134). Solitary and found in mangroves (Ref. 1757); on hard substrate (Ref. 116065); some are recorded on piers and pilings (Ref. 86424). Clumped on the sides and bottom of the floats (Ref. 2268).

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

Lambert, C.C. and G. Lambert. 1998. (Ref. 2268)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 16.5 - 27.7, mean 24.7 (based on 634 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.