Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Ulmaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 0 - 500 m (Ref. 123206). Polar; 51°S - 78°S, 161°E - 26°E
Southwest Atlantic and the Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 18.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)
4.2 cm wide; marginal lappets pointed; tentacular canals as broad as rhopalar canals; canals without anastomoses.
Found in deep waters (Ref. 123206).
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.
Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Abundance
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Stamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.