Scyphozoa |
Semaeostomeae |
Cyaneidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 22 - 150 m (Ref. 76581). Temperate; 67°N - 48°N, 28°W - 12°E
Northeast Atlantic: from Iceland to Sweden and south to France.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 30.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)
Blue color; up to 30 cm wide.
Minimum depth based on study in Belgium (Ref. 76581), and maximum depth based on study in the North Sea (Ref. 124806).
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.
Jarms, G. and A.C. Morandini (eds.) 2019 World Atlas of Jellyfish. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (N.F.), 0173-7481; special volume 2019. (Ref. 121705)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Population dynamicsGrowth
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Abundance
Life cycleReproductionMaturityFecunditySpawningEggsEgg developmentLarvae PhysiologyOxygen consumption
Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
Internet sources
Estimates based on models
Fishing Vulnerability
Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
