Common names from other countries
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
Pélagique; profondeur 0 - 20 m (Ref. 116114), usually 1 - 1 m (Ref. 3264). Tropical
Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm WD mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3021)
Description synthétique
Morphologie
Typically bluish-brown with numerous evenly distributed opaque white spots. Has eight thick transparent branching oral arms with large brown bundles of stinging cells at the end.
Neritic (Ref. 116114). Swims near the surface in murky waters near estuaries in harbors and embayments (Ref. 3248). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 116581). Commensals: host to Charybdis feriata megalopa (Ref. 116535).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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.
Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Ref. 813)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Utilisations par l'homme
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Outils
Sources Internet
Estimates based on models
Résilience
Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (K=2.3-4.69).
Vulnérabilité
Low vulnerability (23 of 100).
Catégorie de prix
Unknown.
