Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Rhizostoma octopus   (Gmelin, 1791)

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

Scyphozoa | Rhizostomeae | Rhizostomatidae

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

Pelagic; depth range 10 - 20 m (Ref. 123207).  Subtropical; 73°N - 38°N, 17°W - 31°E (Ref. 121705)

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northeast Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 90.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Healy, B. 1997 Long-term changes in a brackish lagoon, Lady's Island Lake, South-east Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 97B(1):33-51. (Ref. 2779)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

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

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)

High vulnerability (56 of 100).

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