Appendicularia | 
Copelata | 
Oikopleuridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				Pelagiska;  djupintervall 0 - 90 m (Ref. 3475).  Subtropical;  ? - 29°C (Ref. 1134)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Marine, planktonic; found in warm waters up to 29.3°C (Ref. 1134).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Appendicularia are protandrous hermaphrodites.  Life cycle:  Eggs develop into hatchlings (feeding juveniles) before turning into adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Kott, P. 2005 Catalogue of Tunicata in Australian Waters. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia Department of the Environment and Heritage. (Ref. 1134)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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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Verktyg
			
			
			
			
				
					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  Population dynamicsTillväxt
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundans
  PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 17 - 29, mean 27.7 (based on 1930 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.