Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Pandeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Cosmopolitan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.3 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)
Measures 23 mm in diameter, moderately thick jelly and very fragile; distinctive long nematocyst tracks running upward from every tentacle base of the exumbrella; 4 lightly ruffled lips on the manubrium and without gastric peduncle; each gonads with at most 20 irregular vertical folds, covering the entire stomach and extending out along the 4 radial canals; 44 tentacles of different sizes; laterally compressed tentacle bulbs clasp the bell margin, each has a red ocellus; transparent umbrella with white gonads and pale yellow tentacle bases (Ref. 2376).
Known to be a deep water species (Ref. 2376).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Species listed only in medusoid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 16).
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
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.