Rhopilema esculentum, Flame jellyfish : fisheries

Rhopilema esculentum   Kishinouye, 1891

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

Scyphozoa | Rhizostomeae | Rhizostomatidae

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

Pelagic-neritic; brackish; depth range 10 - 20 m (Ref. 94879).  Tropical; 41°N - 1°N, 96°E - 132°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 45.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

45 cm wide and 33 cm high, when contracted; about 5 cm thick at center, exumbrella smooth; in each 14 to 20 oval velar lappets with numerous radial grooves; the mouth-arms have no definite terminal clubs, but numerous filamentous and large fusiform appendages between the mouths.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Warm-water estuarine species (Ref. 122299). Lives in coastal sea waters throughout its life cycle (Ref. 122298). Drifts near rocky bottom at depths of 10 to 20 m near the mouth of a bay (Ref. 94879).

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: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).

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