Cassiopea andromeda   (Forsskål, 1775)

Upside-down jellyfish

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Cassiopea andromeda

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

| Rhizostomeae | Cassiopeidae

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

Bentopelagisk.  Tropical

Utbredning Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm WD hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 3248)

Short description Morfologi

Bell is yellow-brown with white or pale spots and streaks. Arms are also brownish with extended frilly tentacles. Usually lies upward on the bottom and often mistaken as sea anemones.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Host of Hyperia galba (Ref. 3089). Typically found in shallow lagoons, intertidal sand or mud flats, and around mangroves (Ref. 3248). Also among seagrass beds (Ref. 102838).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Ägg | Fecundity | Larver

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 referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Dawson, M.N. 2004. (Ref. 3017)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 108300)

Human uses


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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 26.4 - 29.3, mean 28.5 (based on 1308 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.