Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Cyaneidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 22 - 150 m (Ref. 76581). Temperate; 67°N - 48°N, 28°W - 12°E
Northeast Atlantic: from Iceland to Sweden and south to France.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)
Blue color; up to 30 cm wide.
Minimum depth based on study in Belgium (Ref. 76581), and maximum depth based on study in the North Sea (Ref. 124806).
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.
Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.). 2019. (Ref. 121705)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.