Hydrozoa |
Leptothecata |
Sertulariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 0 - 100 m (Ref. 86643). Subtropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Minimum depth recorded from Belize (Ref. 87156) Colonial (Ref. 19). Known from caves and deeper coastal substrates (25- 100m) of the offshore fore-reef slope (Ref. 86643). found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in reef crest on substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at a depth of 0.2 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage (Ref. 87156).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Reproduction occurs only in hydroid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 24).
Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 7.7 - 27.7, mean 24.1 (based on 646 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
