Salpa maxima salps

Salpa maxima is commonly referred to as salps. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5785 

AphiaID:

137273 

Scientific:

Salpa maxima 

German:

Salpe 

English:

Salps 

Category:

Salpidae  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Thaliacea (Class) > Salpida (Order) > Salpidae (Family) > Salpa (Genus) > maxima (Species) 

Initial determination:

Forskål, 1775 

Occurrence:

Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Red Sea, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 182 Meter 

Size:

up to 5.39" (13.7 cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 75.2 °F (10°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Microalgae , Phytoplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Salpa aspera
• 
  Salpa fusiformis
  Gewöhnliche Salpe, Spindel Salpe
• Salpa gerlachei
• 
  Salpa maxima
  Salpe
• 
  Salpa thompsoni
  Antarktische Salpe
• Salpa tuberculata
• Salpa younti

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-21 19:38:02 

Last edit:

2020-07-14 10:45:13 

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