Turritopsis nutricula, Immortal jellyfish

Turritopsis nutricula   Mccrady, 1859

Immortal jellyfish

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Hydrozoa | Anthoathecata | Hydractiniidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / εύρος βάθους / distribution range Οικολογία

; Υφάλμυρο; εύρος βάθους 0 - 220 m (Αναφ. 116114).  Tropical

Distribution Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Atlantic, Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Oceans in tropical and subtropical climates.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Weight / Age

Γεννητική Ωρίμανση: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.5 cm WD αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Αναφ. 2992)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Epipelagic (Ref. 116114). Known from mangroves (Ref. 86642). Found in patch reefs, mangrove island, sand trough areas, outer ridge and fore-reef slope on substrates composed of algae, mangrove roots or dead corals and gorgonians. In Belize, it is found at depths of 0.2 to 31 m. As with other hydroids, this species exhibits a pelagic medusoid stage.

Life cycle and mating behavior Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Eggs | Γονιμότητα | Larvae

Species exhibits both asexual and sexual reproduction by budding during hydroid stage and release of gametes in medusae stages (Ref. 1663, p. 15). Period of reproductive maturity recorded for Carrie Bow Cay, Belize is from 17th to 25th May, during which the samples collected had gonophores or medusa buds

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Migotto, A.E., A.C. Marques, A.C. Morandini and F.L. da Silveira. 2002. (Αναφ. 813)

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


CITES status (Αναφ. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Αναφ. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Physiology
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Αναφορές

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.5 - 28, mean 23.1 (based on 2116 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Αναφ. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Αναφ. 80766): Unknown.