Catostylus perezi   Ranson, 1945

Banana jellyfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Rhizostomeae | Catostylidae

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

Pelagic-neritic.  Tropical; 30°N - 11°N, 48°E - 73°E (Ref. 121705)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Indian Ocean: from Kuwait to India.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 35.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)

Short description Morphology

Up to 23 m wide, central part of exumbrella smooth, with rows of prominent rugged papillae radiating towards the margin; in each octant 12 to 16 pointed velar lappets; mouth-arms about 1.5 times the length of bell radius, sub-cylindrical, distal three-winged portion about 6 times as long as the proximal simple portion; intracircular canal system with fairly open irregular meshes/

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Depth estimate based on its ecology. Lives along coasts (Refs. 108295, 122814, 122815), in estuarine environments and bays (Ref. 122814).

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

Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (13 of 100).