Scyphozoa |
Coronatae |
Nausithoidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Pelagic; depth range 68 - 1039 m (Ref. 123205). Polar; 84°N - 15°N, 166°W - 143°E (Ref. 121705)
Arctic and Northeast Atlantic: from Beaufort Sea to northern Greenland, south to Mauritania and east to Russia, Laptev Sea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.2 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 121705)
Found in deep waters (Ref. 123205).
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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Trophic EcologyFood items (preys)
Diet composition
Food consumption
Predators
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 (10 of 100).
Price category
Unknown.
