Predictions & Data for this entry

Model: std climate: MB, MC migrate: Mo phylum:
COMPLETE = 2.2 ecozone: MC food: biP class:
MRE = 0.162 habitat: 0jMp, jiMb gender: Hsf order:
SMSE = 0.196 embryo: Mp reprod: Aa family:

Zero-variate data

Data Observed Predicted (RE) Unit Description Reference
ab 1.7 0.3891 (0.7711) d age at birth guess
am 40 40 (6.441e-05) d life span guess
Lb 0.35 0.35 (2.192e-05) cm oozoid length at birth MadiPurc1998
Lp 3.5 3.5 (1.856e-05) cm oozoid length at puberty guess
Li 7 9.163 (0.309) cm ultimate oozoid length MadiPurc1998
Wwi 15 14.76 (0.01623) g ultimate wet weight guess
Ri 246.6 244.6 (0.008205) #/d maximum reprod rate guess

Uni- and bivariate data

Data Figure Independent variable Dependent variable (RE) Reference
Lr oozoid length specific growth rate (0.6447) MadiPurc1998

Pseudo-data at Tref = 20°C

Data Generalised animal Pegea confoederata Unit Description
v 0.02 0.0426 cm/d energy conductance
kap 0.8 0.95 - allocation fraction to soma
kap_R 0.95 0.95 - reproduction efficiency
p_M 18 9000 J/d.cm^3 vol-spec som maint
k_J 0.002 0.002 1/d maturity maint rate coefficient
kap_G 0.8 0.8 - growth efficiency

Discussion

Facts

  • Solitary generation salps would produce asexually aggregate generations of offspring, and each aggregate blastozooid produces one solitary (Ref: MadiPurc1992)
  • The aggregate generation is protogynous hermaphroditic; external fertilisation (Ref: MadiPurc1992)

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