Phyllorhiza pacifica   (Light, 1921)

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

Scyphozoa | Rhizostomeae | Mastigiidae

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

Pelagic.  Tropical; 23°N - 21°S, 113°E - 165°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific: from China to Taiwan, southeast to Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 40.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)

Short description Morphology

2 to 3 cm wide; in each octant eight velar lappets, in the middle two double lappets, at each side of these two single lappets and one ocular pointed lappet; terminal appendages nearly as long as the mouth-arms, predominantly purple in color.

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

Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.). 2019. (Ref. 121705)

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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Estimates based on models

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