Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Mastigiidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical; 23°N - 21°S, 113°E - 165°E
Indo-West Pacific: from China to Taiwan, southeast to Australia.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)
2 to 3 cm wide; in each octant eight velar lappets, in the middle two double lappets, at each side of these two single lappets and one ocular pointed lappet; terminal appendages nearly as long as the mouth-arms, predominantly purple in color.
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.
Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.). 2019. (Ref. 121705)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.