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Turritopsis nutricula   Mccrady, 1859

Immortal jellyfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Turritopsis nutricula  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Canada country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments:
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.ncr.dfo.ca/home_e.htm
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Anthoathecata (Anthomedusae; athecate hydroids) > Hydractiniidae ()

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

; salmastro; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 220 m (Ref. 116114).   Tropical

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Atlantic, Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Oceans in tropical and subtropical climates.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2992)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Epipelagic (Ref. 116114). Known from mangroves (Ref. 86642). Found in patch reefs, mangrove island, sand trough areas, outer ridge and fore-reef slope on substrates composed of algae, mangrove roots or dead corals and gorgonians. In Belize, it is found at depths of 0.2 to 31 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages (Ref. 1663, p. 15). Period of reproductive maturity recorded for Carrie Bow Cay, Belize is from 17th to 25th May, during which the samples collected had gonophores or medusa buds

Main reference Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Age/Size
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Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.5 - 28, mean 23.1 (based on 2116 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.