Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Οικολογία
Πελαγικό(ά); εύρος βάθους 0 - 20 m (Ref. 116114), usually 1 - 1 m (Ref. 3264). Tropical
Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm WD αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 3021)
Typically bluish-brown with numerous evenly distributed opaque white spots. Has eight thick transparent branching oral arms with large brown bundles of stinging cells at the end.
Neritic (Ref. 116114). Swims near the surface in murky waters near estuaries in harbors and embayments (Ref. 3248). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 116581). Commensals: host to Charybdis feriata megalopa (Ref. 116535).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες
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.
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
Not Evaluated
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Ελαστικότητα
Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=2.3-4.69).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.