Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Ulmaridae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 600 - 915 m (Ref. 3634). Tropical; 72°N - 25°N, 95°W - 26°E
Arctic and Atlantic Ocean: from Hudson Complex, to Baffin Bay, north to Norway and south to Canary Island.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 75.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)
Depth based on occurrence record; to be replaced with better reference.
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.
Larson, R.J., L.P. Madin and G.R. Harbison. 1988. (Ref. 3634)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 1.9 - 4.4, mean 4.1 (based on 285 cells).