Table 1. Life cycle type of Scyphozoa in relation to their egg sizes.

Order	Species	Life cycle type	Egg diameter (μm)	References
Coronatae	Nausithoe punctata	Metagenetic	230	Komai [70]
	Nausithoe aurea	Metagenetic	132–208	Morandini & Silveira [71]
	Nausithoe marginata	Metagenetic	230	Metschnikoff [72]
	Linuche unguiculate	Metagenetic	240	Conklin [73]
	Periphylla periphylla	Direct development	1280–1680	Jarms et al. [74]
Rhizostomae	Mastigias papua	Metagenetic	100	Uchida [75]
	Cotylorhiza tuberculate	Metagenetic	120	Goette [76]
	Nemopilema nomurai	Metagenetic	100–112	Ikeda et al. [77]
Semaeostomae	Aurelia sp.	Metagenetic	150–230	Hyde [78]
	Aurelia coerulea	Metagenetic	213*	Present study
		Direct development	424*	Present study
	Pelagia noctiluca	Direct development	300	Goette [79]
	Chrysaora hysoscella	Metagenetic	47–130	Hadzi [80] and Teissier [81]
	Chrysaora quinquecirrha	Metagenetic	70–190	Littleford [82]
	Cyanea capillata	Metagenetic	60–150	Hyde [78] and Hargitt & Hargitt [83]

*: Mean diameter of the top 5% of oocytes.