Common names from other countries
Classification / Names / Names
Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
Pelagico; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 20 m (Ref. 116114), usually 1 - 1 m (Ref. 3264). Tropical
Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (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
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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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Strumenti
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Resilienza
Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=2.3-4.69).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
