Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Stylasteridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Sessile; depth range 150 - 400 m (Ref. 116013). Tropical
Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Calcareous colonies, no free medusae. Deep shelf to bathyal (Ref. 19). Found in slope (Ref. 116013). Found in the gastric cavity of its gastrozooids unidentified pycnogonid larvae (Ref. 121217).
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.
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 10.7 - 27.5, mean 24.1 (based on 197 cells).
Price category
Unknown.