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Chrysaora hysoscella   (Linnaeus,1766)

Compass jellyfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Spain country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Algeciras.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kramp, P.L., 1961
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Scyphozoa > Semaeostomeae () > Pelagiidae ()

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

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 500 m (Ref. 3292), usually 0 - 150 m (Ref. 3292).   Tropical; 13°C - 21°C (Ref. 3292); 60°N - 27°S, 60°W - 15°E (Ref. 3292)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

Up to 20 cm wide; marginal lappets all alike, semicircular, thin; stomachpouches all of equal width, septa straight; in each octant 3 tentacles, all alike; exumbrella with 16 broad radial brown bands bordered by darker, narrow V-shaped lines; marginal lappets brown.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Usually found inshore, more dominant at dusk (Figure 3, Ref. 3292).

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)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.1 - 15.5, mean 10.8 (based on 1074 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278) High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.1-4.3).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.