Beroe ovata, Brown comb jelly
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Beroe ovata   Bruguière, 1789

Brown comb jelly

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Nuda | Beroida | Beroidae

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

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 1719 m (Ref. 108074).  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 11.5 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 1610)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on bay and nearshore, outer continental shelf and slope (Ref. 116106). Ctenophores are carnivores (Ref. 833). Feeds on other planktivorous comb jellies and Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ref. 64473).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the phylum Ctenophora are hermaphroditic. Life cycle: Eggs develop into planktonic juveniles called cydippid and later gradually adopt the form of adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Hernandez-Nicaise, M.L., G.O. Mackie and R.W. Meech 1980 Giant Smooth Muscle Cells of Beroë. The Journal of General Physiology 75:79-105. (Ref. 1096)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.6 - 12.5, mean 3.5 (based on 1306 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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