Hydrozoa |
Anthoathecata |
Porpitidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic. Tropical
Cosmopolitan in warmer waters.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.3 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 2376)
Pleustonic, found in the oceanic surface and epipelagic (Ref. 116013). Feeds on small animals the lives on two dimensional ecosystem. Medusae rarely seen on field. Known from surface (Refs.1663, 86643) or near surface water layers, including porpitids and the halopelagic Sargassum sp. fauna (Ref. 86643).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Reproduction occurs only in hydroid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 14).
Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Age/Size
Growth
Length-weight
Length-length
Morphology
Larvae
Abundance
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.