Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Catostylidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Demersal. Tropical
Southwest Atlantic: Brazil.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 15.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
12 to 15 cm wide; hemispherical with deep radiating furrows; in each octant 4 large triangular velar abd two very small ocular lappets; moutharms one to one point 5 times the length of bell radius, distal three-winged portion four times as long as the proximal, simple portion.
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.
Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
