Scyphozoa |
Coronatae |
Nausithoidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 800 m (Ref. 2376). Subtropical
Atlantic and Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.8 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
2.8 cm wide. Exumbrella smooth; gonads almost coalescent in the interradii, separated by narrow spaces in the perradii; tentacular pedalia longer but less prominent than the rhopalar; colour dark yellowish brown or almost black.
Minimum depth from Ref. 116114. Pelagic in deep water (Ref. 19).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | 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.
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 Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophore, Second Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no,28. XI+115. With CD-ROM. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
