Hydrozoa | 
Leptothecata | 
Laodiceidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Central Pacific:  Papua New Guinea.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.5 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 7460)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
					Members of the order Leptothecata include L-form hydroids.  Life cycle:  The zygote develops into planula and later into polyp then into free-swimming medusa.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Migotto, A.E. and L.P. De Andrade 2000 The life cycle of hebella furax (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa): a link between a lafoeid hydroid and a laodiceid medusa. Journal of Natural History 34:1871-1888. (Ref. 7460)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
				
					  Harmless				
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).