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Bougainvillia principis   (Steenstup, 1850)


Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Scotland (UK) country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Dunstaffnage.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Schuchert, P. and H.M. Reiswig, 2006
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Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Hydrozoa > Anthoathecata (Anthomedusae; athecate hydroids) > Bougainvilliidae ()

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

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 250 m (Ref. 120471).   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic, Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific. Subtropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

Bell measures 10 mm high and wide; manubrium varies from pink to white, with 4 very distinctive dichotomously-branched oral tentacles; 4 radial canals; 4 tentacle bulbs, each bearing similar tentacles (<60) and with its own dark ocellus; transparent umbrella (Ref. 2376).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Meroplanktonic (Ref. 120471). Fairly short-lived, occurring in late spring or summer and feeding especially on barnacle nauplii; preyed on by Aequorea sp. and other medusivorous hydromedusae (Ref. 2376).

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

Species listed only in medusoid stage (Ref. 1663, p. 16).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.