Haliclystus kerguelensis   Vanhöffen, 1908

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Staurozoa | Stauromedusae | Haliclystidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic.  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic Indian Ocean: Kerguelen Island.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.7 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

Calyx conical, up to 2.7 cm wide; peduncle about twice as long as height of calyx, arms fairly short, equidistant, each with no more than 50 tentacles; marginal anchors small, oval each with a tentacular knob; gonads wide, lancet shaped, widely separated, extending to arms.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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

Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)

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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