Hydrozoa |
Leptothecata |
Sertulariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 0 - 640 m (Ref. 7416). Polar
Circum-Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 7416)
Colonies composed of stolonal hydrorhiza giving rise to monosiphonic stems up to 2.5 cm high. Stems unbranched or scarcely branched; branches without anastomoses. Hydrothecate internodes long and thin, usually longer than hydrothecal length. Hydrotheca placed on distal third or quarter of internode. Hydrothecae alternately arranged in one plane, large and tubular. Adcauline hydrothecal wall adnate for approximately one-third of its length. Free part of adcauline hydrothecal wall straight or slightly convex. Abcauline hydrothecal wall straight or slightly concave. Cusps of hydrothecal aperture sharp and separated by deep embayments. Occasionally with hydrothecal renovations. Gonothecae ovoid, with short distal neck; walls smooth or slightly wavy, with indistinct striae.
Length based on colonies height. Known from tidal level depth to 640 m on bottoms of large rocks, mud and fragment of bryozoans. Also found on bottom of boulders, stones, sand, sandy, clay and silt (Ref. 7416).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Found with gonothecae in February and March; materials were collected in January and February.
Peña Cantero, A.L., A. Svoboda and W. Vervoort 2002 Species of Stymplectoscyphus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1980 (Cnidaria; Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from recent Antarctic expeditions with R.V. Polarsten, with the description of four new species. Journal of Natural History 36:1509-1568. (Ref. 7416)
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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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): -1.8 - 0.9, mean -1 (based on 311 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
