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Rhopilema hispidum   (Vanhöffen, 1888)

Sand jellyfish
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Rhopilema hispidum


Japan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: M: Ref. 121705.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.), 2019
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

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

.   Tropical; 45°N - 20°S, 44°E - 146°E (Ref. 121705)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Aden north to Japan and east to Pacific..

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 70.0 cm WD maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 121705)

Short description Morfologia

25 to 34 cm wide, exumbrella with numerous small, sharp-pointed, conical projections; in each octant about eight valer lappets, oblong, rounded; moutharms terminante in a lrge clubshaped appendage with a faceted, swollen end, other club-shaped appendages between the mouths on the three wings.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Depth estimate based on habitat data from its ecology. Found in coastal waters (Refs. 63414, 122791), in a bay (Ref. 122790) and estuary (Ref. 122791). Commensals: host to a few fishes (carangid, eel larvae, ponyfish), a shrimp, a crab, a copepod, and a flatworm (Ref. 116535). Also associated with the ophiuroid Ophiocnemis marmorata Ref. 122791).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

Pesca: commerciale
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Nomi Comuni
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Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (24 of 100).