Rhopilema esculentum, Flame jellyfish : fisheries
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Rhopilema esculentum   Kishinouye, 1891

Flame jellyfish
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Rhizostomeae | Rhizostomatidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

; brackvatten; djupintervall 10 - 20 m (Ref. 94879).  Tropical; 41°N - 1°N, 96°E - 132°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morfologi

45 cm wide and 33 cm high, when contracted; about 5 cm thick at center, exumbrella smooth; in each 14 to 20 oval velar lappets with numerous radial grooves; the mouth-arms have no definite terminal clubs, but numerous filamentous and large fusiform appendages between the mouths.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Warm-water estuarine species (Ref. 122299). Lives in coastal sea waters throughout its life cycle (Ref. 122298). Drifts near rocky bottom at depths of 10 to 20 m near the mouth of a bay (Ref. 94879).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | 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.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Kramp, P.L. 1961 Synopsis of the medusae of the world. J Mar Biol Ass UK 40:1-469. (Ref. 2992)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fiskeri: kommersiell
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).