Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Cassiopeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 116114). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
15 cm wide, flat and with rounded edges, well marked central concavity; 5 lappets in each octant, short and blunt; mouth-arms, about one and one-fourth times the length of bell radius, triangular in cross-section, aboral surface broad and flat, 10 to 15 alternate primary branches, with numerous large, ribbon shaped filaments.
Neritic, estuarine, symbiotic (Ref. 116114).
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 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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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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Price category
Unknown.
