Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Eudendriidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 20 - 20 m (Ref. 3112). Subtropical
Mediterranean: Italy.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Colonies large and unfascicled, with long stems, branches and pedicels; hydranths elongated; complementary nematocysts atrichous isorhizas. Only immature blastostyles of both sexes observed; males reducing tentacles in course of development, females with normal number of tentacles and unbranched spadix (Ref. 3086).
Occurs at a depth of 20 m (Ref. 3112).
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.
Marques, A.C., A.L. Peña Cantero and W. Vervoort 2000 Mediterranean species of Eudendrium Ehrenberg, 1834 (Hydrozoa, Anthomedusae, Eudendriidae) with the description of a new species. J. Zool. Lond. 252:197-213. (Ref. 3086)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
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