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- Pelagiidae
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Chrysaora colorata (Russell, 1964)
Purple jellyfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Scyphozoa | Semaeostomeae | Pelagiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Central Pacific: USA.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 80.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 865)
Size refers to bell diameter (Ref. 865).
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.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.). 2019. (Ref. 121705)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
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