Hydrozoa |
Leptothecata |
Sertulariidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range
Οικολογία
; εύρος βάθους 8 - 195 m (Αναφ. 7416). Polar
Circum-Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 5.0 cm H αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 7416)
5 cm high. Erect stem arising from disk-shaped hydrorhiza. Stem stiff, thickest basally and gradually thinning toward the apex, up to half its length or slightly more polysiphonic, distal part monosiphonic. Branching alternate over irregular distances or quite irregular. Principal branches polysiphonic at their base, the remaining branches are monosiphonic’ (Ref. 7417).
The present fragmented state of the colony does not allow the re-description of its general appearance. The colony has a discoid hydrorhiza and the stem is polysiphonic at least in the first 3 cm (the three basal most fragments of 1.4, 0.8 and 0.8 cm are polysiphonic). Polysiphonic stolons thick, more or less as main stem. Hydrothecae alternately arranged, approximately in one plane, hidden by polysiphonic development at basal part of stem. One hydrotheca per internode. Hydrotheca almost cylindrical, slightly abcaudally directed, adnate to internode for approximately two-thirds of its length. Free portion of adcauline hydrothecal wall slightly convex. Abcauline wall straight or slightly concave, mainly at its distal part. Hydrothecal aperture upwardly directed. Cusps sharp and separated by deep embayments. Rim of hydrothecal aperture with frequent and numerous renovations. Gonothecae oval, inserting at hydrothecal base. Gonothecal wall ringed, with 10 to 12 spirally arranged rings. Apical part of gonotheca with a long tube, widening distally and clearly surpassing the last ring.
Known at depths of 8 to 195 m on bottoms of boulders, stones and sand. Epibiothic on holothurians and epilithic on stones (Ref. 7416).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae
Known with gonothecae in May and August.
Peña Cantero, A.L., A. Svoboda and W. Vervoort 2002 Species of Stymplectoscyphus Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1980 (Cnidaria; Hydrozoa: Sertulariidae) from recent Antarctic expeditions with R.V. Polarsten, with the description of four new species. Journal of Natural History 36:1509-1568. (Αναφ. 7416)
IUCN Red List Status
(Αναφ. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Εργαλεία
Περισσότερες πληροφορίες
Τροφική ΟικολογίαFood items (preys)
Σύσταση δίαιτας
Κατανάλωση τροφής
Θηρευτές
Population dynamicsΑύξηση
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Αφθονία
Life cycleΑναπαραγωγήΓεννητική ΩρίμανσηΓονιμότηταΓεννοβολίαEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyΚατανάλωση οξυγόνου
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Διαδικτυακές πηγές
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): -1.9 - -0.9, mean -1.4 (based on 116 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).