Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Catostylidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Indian Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
10 to 20 cm wide, plump, massive, hard and cartilagenous, smooth; in each octant 16 small, sharp-pointed, smooth velar lappets, separated by furrows extending upwards on exumbrella, furrows without pigment; mouth arms about as long as bell radius, proximal portion short, one-third as long as distal 3 winged portion, which is large, prismatic, with a short gelatinous, pyramidal, bluntly pointed, three cornered terminal knob; extra circular canal system with several radial vessels.
Found in coastal waters of Oman. Obtains nutrition from symbiotic algae (Ref. 129713).
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.
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
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Abundance
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
