Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Stylasteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 137 - 1097 m (Ref. 106682). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.1 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 78568)
Maximum size 3.2 ems from Salomon Atoll, Chagos Archipelago (Ref. 78568).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids. Life cycle: The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.
Moseley, H.N. 1881. (Ref. 78567)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 3.9 - 16.5, mean 11.1 (based on 489 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.