Ascidiacea | 
Phlebobranchia | 
Cionidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range				
				
					Οικολογία				
				
			
			
				;  εύρος βάθους 0 - 1000 m (Αναφ. 1603).  Temperate; 81°N -   25°N, 45°W -   42°E			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Northeast Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean. Introduced in the Indo-Pacific, South Atlantic, and Sub Antarctic Region. Tropical to polar.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
			
			
				Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 1603)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Assumed maximum total length from Refs. 1603, 2268. Known from subtidal to moderate depths (Ref. 7726).  Attached to hard substrates (Refs. 1369, 7726).  Benthic, marine; on ships' hulls, and harbour installations (Ref. 1134).  Favours shaded locations such as covered floats (Ref. 1749).  Solitary (Refs. 2268, 7726).  Suspension-feeding (Ref. 3270).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | 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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Jagerskiold, L.A. 1971 A Survey of the Marine Benthoic Macrofauna along the Swedish West Coast 1921-1938. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis. Zoologica 6:1-146. (Αναφ. 1369)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Αναφ. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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Εργαλεία
			
			
			
			
				
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					 Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
  Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 1.9 - 14.4, mean 7.1 (based on 1476 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.