Linuche unguiculata, Thimble jellyfish
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Linuche unguiculata   (Schwartz, 1788)

Thimble jellyfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Linuche unguiculata  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Coronatae | Linuchidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Pelagiska; djupintervall 0 - 200 m (Ref. 116114).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Circumglobal. Tropical and subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm H hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 2376)

Short description Morfologi

1.6 m wide, 1.8 cm high. Subrellar protuberances in two circles.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found nearshore and below surface in spring and summer; polyps on coral rubble (Ref. 2376).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills 1998 Pacific coasts pelagic invertebrates: a guide to the common gelatinous animals. Sea Challengers and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California.112 p. (Ref. 2376)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.4 - 29.2, mean 27.9 (based on 2374 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.