Ascidiacea | 
Phlebobranchia | 
Octacnemidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Sessile; depth range 514 - 810 m (Ref. 2588).  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Periantarctic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Minimum depth from Ref. 116836. Likely macrophagous based on morphology and observed gut content (Ref. 130724).				
			
			
			
			
			
				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.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Monniot, C. and F. Monniot 1994 Ascidians collected in the Weddell Sea by the RV "Polarstern" (EPOS cruise leg 3). Bulletin of Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Series 16, Section A(1):13-37. (Ref. 2588)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						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): 0.4 - 1.2, mean 0.9 (based on 5 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
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					Unknown.