Chrysaora lactea   Eschscholtz,1829

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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

Western Atlantic: Cuba to Argentina, Brazil and the Caribbean Sea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

Up to 8 cm wide; clefts in lappets adjacent to the rhopalia fully as deep as those between the remaining lappets; septa between stomach pouches straight until very near margin; usually five, sometimes 7 or 9 tentacles per octant, the two secondary tentacles in each octant about half, the two tertiary about one-fourth as long as the median, primary tentacles, the others sucessively diminishing in length towards both sides; all tentacles issuing from clefts between lappets.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Possesses scyphistomae to podocysts then develops into ephyrae to medusae.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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