Life cycle of <i>Carybdea marsupialis</i>.

<p>Male and female mating (1), release of negatively-buoyant fertilized egg into the water column (2), settlement of planula larva on substrate after ~2 days (3), benthic polyp phase (4), new polyps budding from existing polyps (5), polyp metamorphosing into juvenile medusa (6), release juvenile cubomedusa (7). Drawing adapted from Studebaker [<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0137272#pone.0137272.ref031" target="_blank">31</a>], University of Puerto Rico.