Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Cepheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
20 cm wide or more; with a central dome with about 10 wart-like projections; 6 to 8 round-edged lappets in each octant; eight mouth-arms short, massive, laterally compressed, curved outwards, bifurcated at outer ends and with numerous short lateral branches, with two kinds of appendages between the mouths; the one small, thin, tubular with prominent nematocyst warts, and the other somewhat larger, spindle-shaped.
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.
Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)
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
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
