Ascidiacea | 
Aplousobranchia | 
Polyclinidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Sessile; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 3435).  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific:  Argentina, Falkland Island and Chile.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Ramos-Esplá, A.A., J.A. Cárcel and M. Varela 2005 Zoogeographical relationships of the littoral ascidiofauna around the Antarctic Peninsula, in the Scotia Arc and in the Magellan region. Sci. Mar. 69:215-223. (Ref. 3435)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 5.1 - 14.7, mean 7.7 (based on 120 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.