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Periphylla periphylla   (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)

Merchant-cap

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Periphylla periphylla  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Wake Island country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 121705.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/wq.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.), 2019
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Helmet jellyfish, ... more

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

> Coronatae (Crown jellyfishes) > Periphyllidae ()

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

Pelágico; rango de profundidad 0 - 2900 m (Ref. 116114), usually 0 - 300 m (Ref. 121705).   Tropical; 70°N - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E

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

Circumglobal.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm WD macho / no sexado; (Ref. 121705)

Short description Morfología

Up to 20 cm wide; usually higher than wide, with a pointed or dome-shaped apex; gonads U-shaped; stomach and subumbrella purple or violet.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

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: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Herramientas

E-book | Guía de campo

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): 1.7 - 6.4, mean 3.4 (based on 3792 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.