Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Bythotiaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Subtropical
Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Angola, USA, Canada and the Caribbean.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.6 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
2.7 to 3.3 cm high, 2.6 cm wide, jelly very thick and rigid; each of the marginal lobes between the tentacles with a group of prominent gelatinous papillae. Eight centripetal canals, usually adrarial in position, blind or joining base of stomach.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Species listed only in medusoid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 17).
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: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.