Cotylorhiza pacifica   Mayer, 1915

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

Scyphozoa | Rhizostomeae | Cepheidae

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

Pelagic.  Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

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

Short description Morphology

20 cm in diameter; about 8 irregularly spaced, bluntly pointed velar lappets in each octant, with deep furrows between them; the 8 mouth arms with window-like openings in the lateral membranes; proximal portion of arms one-fourth of the length of distal portion; center of armdisk with numerous slender filaments; appendages on outer parts of arms not very numerous; the 8 rhopalar canals twice as wie as the inter-rhopalar canals, of which there are 16 to 17 in each octant.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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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Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).