Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Pelagiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Western Atlantic: Cuba to Argentina, Brazil and the Caribbean Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
Up to 8 cm wide; clefts in lappets adjacent to the rhopalia fully as deep as those between the remaining lappets; septa between stomach pouches straight until very near margin; usually five, sometimes 7 or 9 tentacles per octant, the two secondary tentacles in each octant about half, the two tertiary about one-fourth as long as the median, primary tentacles, the others sucessively diminishing in length towards both sides; all tentacles issuing from clefts between lappets.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Possesses scyphistomae to podocysts then develops into ephyrae to medusae.
Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira 2002 Checklist of the cnidaria medusozoa of Brazil. Biota Neotropica 2(1):1-31. (Ref. 813)
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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Tools
More information
Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
