Thaliacea |
Salpida |
Salpidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Distribution
Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
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 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.
Tew, K.S. and W. Lo. 2005 Distribution of Thaliacea in SW Taiwan coastal water in 1997, with species reference to Doliolum denticulatum, Thalia democratica, and T. orientalis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 292:181-193. (Ref. 3486)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Price category
Unknown.
