Cyanea buitendijki

Cyanea buitendijki   Stiasny, 1919

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Semaeostomeae | Cyaneidae

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

Pelagic.  Tropical; 23°N - 18°S, 89°E - 156°E (Ref. 121705)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: from Andaman, north to Taiwan, south to Australia and east to Papua New Guinea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 31.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

Up to 31 cm wide; rhopalar and tentacular stomach pouches connected by several broad, transverse anastomoses; peripheral canals without anastomoses; radial muscles entirely outside the periphery of the circular muscle band; horseshoed shaped insertions of tentacle groups 2 to 3 times a s long as broad.

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

Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (21 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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