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Styela plicata   (Lesueur, 1823)

Pleated sea squirt

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Styela plicata

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/vc.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.vincy.com/fisheries/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno, 2005
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | 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

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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.