Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Cassiopeidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 10 m (Ref. 116114). Tropical
Western Atlantic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
15 cm wide, flat and with rounded edges, well marked central concavity; 5 lappets in each octant, short and blunt; mouth-arms, about one and one-fourth times the length of bell radius, triangular in cross-section, aboral surface broad and flat, 10 to 15 alternate primary branches, with numerous large, ribbon shaped filaments.
Neritic, estuarine, symbiotic (Ref. 116114).
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.
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
Threat to humans
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