Hydrozoa |
Leptothecata |
Sertulariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthic; depth range 45 - 1042 m (Ref. 7414). Polar
Circum-Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 13.0 cm COLD male/unsexed; (Ref. 7414)
Colonies formed by a mass of stems and branches up to 13 cm in diameter. Branching frequent and irregular, with frequent anastomoses, giving the colony a compact appearance. Hydrothecae arranged in decussate pairs, forming four longitudinal rows. Hydrotheca small, with a small part immersed into the branch, cylindrical, more or less abcaudally directed. Adcauline hydrothecal wall adnate to internode for ca seven-eighths to one-half of its length. Free adcauline wall straight, or slightly concave or convex. Abcauline hydrothecal wall concave or straight. Hydrothecal aperture laterally depressed, resulting in the presence of both an adcauline and an abcauline cusp; the latter sometimes much better developed than the former. Hydrothecal diaphragm mushroom-shaped.
Eurybathic species found on bottoms of small rocks with red algae, formed by bryozoans, hydrozoans, sponges, alcyonarians and ascidians; bottoms of pebble and gravel, mud with stones (Ref. 7414).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Found in gonothecae in January, February and December. Fertile colonies were found in January to March and May to June.
Peña Cantero, A.L. and W. Vervoort 2003 Species of Staurotheca Allman, 1888 (Cnidaria; Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from US Antarctic expeditions, with the description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 37:2653-2722. (Ref. 7414)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
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Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -1.5 - 1.2, mean -0.5 (based on 306 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
