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Phlebobranchia |
Ascidiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 70 m (Ref. 116065). Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 1757)
May be found in large aggregations. Calm waters (Ref. 415). Solitary: 5 to 10 cm (Ref. 1757). Often attached to bottom rubble or to mangrove roots, but often partly buried in the peat bank (Ref. 1758).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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.
Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés. 2005. (Ref. 415)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/SizeAccrescimentoLength-weightLength-lengthMorfologiaLarveAbbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 23.7 - 28.3, mean 27 (based on 305 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.