Hydrozoa |
Limnomedusae |
Olindiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; brackish; pH range: 4.0 - 15.0. Subtropical
Black Sea: Sea of Azov. Introduced in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.6 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)
Often measures less than 40 mm and at most 56 mm in diameter; large manubrium with 4 very long frilly lips and no gastric peduncle; 4 radial canals, each with curtain-like gonads extending onto "arms" of the manubrium; several prominent centripetal canals extending upward in each quadrant of the ring canal; 600 tentacles; numerous statocysts around the bell margin, each with an indistinct ocellus; milky white umbrella and pink blush around the bell margin (Ref. 2376).
This is a true brackishwater species (Ref. 128415). Medusae released in late spring and early summer and rest on the bottom to feed on small crustaceans (Ref. 2376).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Species listed only in medusoid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 18). Medusae released in late spring and early summer; grow up as a cohort. Medusae usually rest at the bottom, some rise to the surface (Ref. 2376).
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
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).
Price category
Unknown.
