Blackfordia virginica   Mayer, 1910

Black sea jellyfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Leptothecata | Blackfordiidae

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

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 116114).  Boreal

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Black Sea: Sea of Azov. Introduced worldwide. Mostly boreal, but also in subtropical and tropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.8 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Estuarine, neritic (Ref. 116114). Found mostly in bays and harbors (introduced by shipping). Tolerates salinities of 3 to 35 ppm, i.e., eurythermal; feeds on copepods, copepod nauplii and barnacle nauplii (Ref. 2376).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages (Ref. 1663, p. 19, 26).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills. 1998. (Ref. 2376)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.