Hydrozoa | 
Anthoathecata | 
Bougainvilliidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic; depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 120471).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Arctic, Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific.  Subtropical to polar.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Bell measures 10 mm high and wide; manubrium varies from pink to white, with 4 very distinctive dichotomously-branched oral tentacles; 4 radial canals; 4 tentacle bulbs, each bearing similar tentacles (<60) and with its own dark ocellus; transparent umbrella (Ref. 2376).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Meroplanktonic (Ref. 120471).  Fairly short-lived, occurring in late spring or summer and feeding especially on barnacle nauplii; preyed on by Aequorea sp. and other medusivorous hydromedusae (Ref. 2376).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Species listed only in medusoid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 16).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Kramp, P.L. 1961 Synopsis of the medusae of the world. J Mar Biol Ass UK 40:1-469. (Ref. 2992)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
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					Unknown.