Appendicularia | 
Copelata | 
Oikopleuridae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range				
				
					पारिस्थितिकी				
				
			
			
				पिलाजिक; खारा;  गहराई सीमा 0 - 200 m (संदर्भ 1134).  Tropical; 3°C - 30°C (संदर्भ 1134)			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Circumglobal except Antarctic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age
			
			
				परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.2 cm TL पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ 1610)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Marine, planktonic; found at depths up to 200 m, with waters temperatures of 3.2 to 29.5°C; rare in the open sea (Ref. 1134).  Prefers neritic ambience (Ref. 3531).  Found in mangrove vegetate area (Ref. 121475).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the class Appendicularia are protandrous hermaphrodites.  Life cycle:  Eggs develop into hatchlings (feeding juveniles) before turning into adults.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Hopcroft, R.R., J.C. Roff and H.A. Bouman 1998 Zooplankton growth rates: the larvaceans Appendicularia, Fritillaria, and Oikopleura in tropical waters. Journal Plankton Research 20:539-555. (संदर्भ 378)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (संदर्भ 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				CMS (संदर्भ 116361)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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साधन
			
			
			
			
				
					अधिक जानकारी				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)संघटक आहारआहार खपतपरभक्षी   Life cycleपुनरुत्पत्तिपरिपक्व अवधिFecundityमछलीऔ का अंडे देनाEggsEgg developmentLarvae   PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				इंटरनेट स्रोत
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 6.5 - 25.9, mean 13.6 (based on 2008 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.