Scyphozoa |
Rhizostomeae |
Cepheidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 4 - 5 m (Ref. 126066). Subtropical
Western Pacific.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
10 to 20 cm wide, with a prominent central dome covered completely by 50 or more solid, pointed porjections and surrounded by a wide annular furrow; 6 to 8 flatly rounded celar lappets in each octant; mouth-arms with numerous small, short appendages among the frilled mouths.
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.
Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).