Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Cyaneidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 200 - 3000 m (Ref. 122852). Polar; 35°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E
Southern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic: from Cape Horn Chile, to North Island New Zealand and Antarctica.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)
50 to 60 cm wide; with only 5 to 7 tentacles in a single line in each cluster; few broad canals in the lappets, the lateral ones unilaterally branched.
Found in deep waters (Ref. 122852).
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)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Vulnerability
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).