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Pelagia noctiluca   (Forsskål, 1775)

Purplestriped jelly

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Pelagia noctiluca


Spain country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: This is an area affected by jellyfish blooms of this species (Ref. 125711). C: Ref. 125711.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Canepa, A., V. Fuentes, A. Sabatés, S. Piraino, F. Boero and J.-M. Gili, 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

Pelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 1600 m (Ref. 116114).   Tropical

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm WD macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2376)

Short description Morfología

Up to 6.5 cm wide; nematocyst warts on exumbrella very variable in size and number. Color very variable.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Neritic, estuarine, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114). A holoplanktonic, oceanic and semi-cosmopolitan species (Ref. 19) inhabiting offshore warm waters (Ref. 813); non symbiotic but often appears in high numbers (Ref. 7694). Feeds on salps, doliolids, larvaceans, hydromedusae, ctenophores, chaetognaths, planktonic crustaceans and fish eggs (Ref. 2376).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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 Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.1 - 12.5, mean 7.1 (based on 1107 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.