Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Mastigiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Central Pacific Ocean: Hawaii, Philippines and Malayan Archipelago.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
5.5 to 20 cm wide, exumbrella smooth or finely granulated; 6 to 8 broadly rounded, well separated velar lappets without connecting membrane; mouth-arms terminate in along, tapering naked filament, about two-thirds as long as the lower arm itself; intracircular canal system fine-meshed with about 20 canal roots in each octant.
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.
Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).