Staurozoa |
Stauromedusae |
Lucernariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic. Subtropical
Northeast Pacific: Japan and China.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
1 to 1.5 cm (up to 2.5 cm) high, narrow, funnel-shaped, bell-margin quadratic, with 8 clusters of secondary tentacles arranged in 4 interradial pairs, each with up to 25 tentacles; 8 gonads, band-shaped, in 4 interradial pairs.
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.
Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
