Hydrozoa | 
Leptothecata | 
Sertulariidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range				
				
					Ekologi				
				
			
			
				; brackvatten;  djupintervall 0 - 10 m (Ref. 87156).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Eastern Central Pacific and Western Atlantic:  French Polynesia, Belize and Brazil.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Depth range recorded from Belize (Ref. 87156) Found in Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, in patch reefs, back reef and low spur and groove zones on algae, floating Sargassum and substrates composed of dead corals and gorgonians at depths of  0 to 10 m.  Also found on mangrove roots (Ref. 121478).  As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusiod stage (Ref. 87156).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Leptothecata include L-form hydroids.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into planula and later into polyp then into free-swimming medusa.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Coelho Filho, P.A. 2004 Análise do macrobentos na plataforma continental externa e bancos oceânicos do nordeste do Brasil no âmbito do programa REVIZEE. Grupo de estudo do Bentos (Oceanografia Biológica), Programa REVIZEE. 81 p. (Ref. 2364)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
							
			
			
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					Ytterligare information				
				
					 Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Födosammansättning
Födointag
Predatorer
  Population dynamicsTillväxtMax. ages / sizesLength-weight rel.Length-length rel.Length-frequenciesMass conversionAbundans   PhysiologySyreförbrukning
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
									
						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 22.8 - 28.4, mean 27.4 (based on 889 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.