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 पारिस्थितिकी

बेनथोपिलाजिक.  Tropical

वितरण देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / आकार / वज़न / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm WD पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (Ref. 3248)

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

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.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ 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 परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | अंडे | Fecundity | लार्वा

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 संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 108300)

Human uses


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साधन

अधिक जानकारी

आम नाम
उपशब्द
परभक्षी
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Fecundity
अंडे
Egg development
Age/Size
बाढ़
Length-weight
Length-length
आकृति विज्ञान
लार्वा
बहुतायत
संदर्भ
Mass conversion

इंटरनेट स्रोत

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, खोज) | 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.