Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Ulmaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 645 - 1497 m (Ref. 3637). Tropical
Pacific Ocean: Hawaii, Japan and USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Scyphozoa are gonochoric. Life cycle: Egg is laid by the adult medusa which later develops into a free-living planula, then to a scyphistoma to a strobila, and lastly to a free-living young medusa.
Matsumoto, G.I., K.A. Rascoff and D.J. Lindsay 2004 Tiburonia granrojo n. sp., a mesopelagic scyphomedusa from the pacific Ocean representing the type of a new subfamilu (Class Scyphozoa; order Semaeostomeae; family Ulmaridae; subfamilu tiburoniinae subfam. Nov.). Mar. Biol. 143(1):73-77. (Ref. 3637)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 2.4 - 2.6, mean 2.5 (based on 9 cells).
Price category
Unknown.
