Hydrozoa | 
Anthoathecata | 
Cytaeididae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Benthopelagic.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Pacific:  Fiji.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 0.4 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
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					Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Kramp, P.L. 1961 Synopsis of the medusae of the world. J Mar Biol Ass UK 40:1-469. (Ref. 2992)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
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					Unknown.