Scyphozoa |
Coronatae |
Periphyllidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Western Atlantic and Indian Ocean: Kenya, USA and Canada.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 38.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
Up to 38 cm wide, flattened; four gonads, very large horse-shoe-shaped, lobate central disk and 24 radiating lines on peripheral part of umbrella chocolate-brown.
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.
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.