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Chrysaora plocamia   (Lesson,1830)

South American sea nettle

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Chrysaora plocamia  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Peru country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Brotz, L., A. Schiariti, J. López-Martínez, J. Álvarez-Tello, Y.H.P. Hsieh, R.P. Jones, J. Quiñones, Z. Dong, A.C. Morandini, M. Preciado and E. Laaz, 2017
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Part of fisheries catch from Pisco since 2013, caught by dip-net (Ref. 116536). C: Refs. 2992, 116536; M: Ref. 121705.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/pe.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kramp, P.L., 1961
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Scyphozoa > Semaeostomeae () > Pelagiidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic-neritic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 116114).   Tropical; 0°N - 60°S, 86°W - 45°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic: from Ecuador to Chile, to Sao Paulo Brazil.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 100.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)

Short description Morphology

Up to 30 cm wide, almost hemispherical; tentacular lappets, 2 per octant broadly rounded, rhopalar lappets smaller; tentacles 3 in each octant; radial stomach pouches of epual width except the distal portion; exumbrella with 16 broad, radial bands of dark, brown colour with numerous light spots.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth range from Ref. 122852. Common along coasts (Ref. 122852). Neritic, estuarine, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114). Two isolated findings recorded the species offshore over the shelf-break front (Ref. 122852).

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.