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Chrysaora hysoscella, Compass jellyfish

Chrysaora hysoscella   (Linnaeus,1766)

Compass jellyfish

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Semaeostomeae | Pelagiidae

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

Pelagic; depth range 0 - 500 m (Ref. 3292), usually 0 - 150 m (Ref. 3292).  Tropical; 13°C - 21°C (Ref. 3292); 60°N - 27°S, 60°W - 15°E (Ref. 3292)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

Up to 20 cm wide; marginal lappets all alike, semicircular, thin; stomachpouches all of equal width, septa straight; in each octant 3 tentacles, all alike; exumbrella with 16 broad radial brown bands bordered by darker, narrow V-shaped lines; marginal lappets brown.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Usually found inshore, more dominant at dusk (Figure 3, Ref. 3292).

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.

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

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 8.1 - 15.5, mean 10.8 (based on 1074 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.1-4.3).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (16 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.