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Thaliacea |
Salpida |
Salpidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 182 m (Ref. 3475). Tropical; 13°C - 24°C (Ref. 1134)
Northern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)
Marine, planktonic (Ref. 1134). Exhibits vertical migration (Ref. 3482).
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
Human uses
| FishSource |
Tools
More information
Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 9.2 - 28.9, mean 24.4 (based on 5178 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.