Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Stomolophidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; brackish; depth range 0 - 85 m (Ref. 116114). Tropical; 42°N - 30°S, 118°W - 34°W
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Tropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 10.5  range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
Up to 18 cm wide, half egg shaped or almost globular; number of velar lappets variable, about 14 in each octant, grooves between them short, all alike; scapules large, extending to or beyond level of bell margin; the free, bifurcate ends of the mouth-arms flare outwards, the lateral branches long.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
The fertilized egg develops into a tiny, motile planula larva. After swimming freely in the water for several days, the planula attaches to a suitable substrate and transforms into a sessile polyp or scyphistoma. Scyphistomae feed and grow, attaining a maximum size of a few mm. They reproduce asexually a number of ways, including the formation of podocysts and motile or non-motile buds, but only podocyst. The scyphistoma undergoes strobilation which results to ephyrae; developing itself into medusae.
Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 20 - 27.9, mean 24.7 (based on 600 cells).
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.