I am looking for some sort of expert "guestimate" for mamimum reproduction rate of Rhyzostoma pulmo (mesusa stage) - even better would be any type of reproduction rate against length curve.
If I remember correctly, scyphozoa are diecious and have external fertilization so it would be hard to get any reproduction rate or # of eggs successfully fertilized per individual. The attached paper might help get you closer to your answer...
Thank you very much for your interest and for attaching the paper - you are right it is very relevant to the question. Unfortunately, I cannot find inside any estimate for the number of eggs produced- if anyone else has some idea I am still very interested :-)
Is is the actual number of eggs a female can produce which is of interest; the process of fertilization is not my focus at the moment.