Salpa aspera   Chamisso, 1819


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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 200 - 1839 m (Ref. 3517).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Exhibits vertical migration (Ref. 3482); from near the surface to depths of at least 400 to 800 m (Ref. 3517).

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

Madin, L.P., P. Kremer and S. Hacker. 1996. (Ref. 3482)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  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): 0.4 - 13.7, mean 7.9 (based on 287 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.