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Pelagia noctiluca   (Forsskål, 1775)

Purplestriped jelly

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Pelagia noctiluca

Monaco country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: This is an area affected by jellyfish blooms of this species (Ref. 125711). C: Ref. 125711.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mn.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Canepa, A., V. Fuentes, A. Sabatés, S. Piraino, F. Boero and J.-M. Gili, 2014
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Luminous jellyfish, ... more

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 - 1600 m (Ref. 116114).   Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 9.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)

Short description Morphology

Up to 6.5 cm wide; nematocyst warts on exumbrella very variable in size and number. Color very variable.

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

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

Human uses


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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 3.1 - 12.5, mean 7.1 (based on 1107 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.