Sanderia malayensis has a complex life cycle with a number of types of asexual reproduction.
New polyps can bud off existing polyps, with a moveable stolon developing at the same time on the opposite side of the mother polyp.
These stolons may develop a knobbed end, curl up and attach themselves to the substrate, before detaching from the mother polyp and developing into a new polyp.
Strobilation of the polyp may occur with ephyrae being formed which separate from the mother polyp.
Sexual reproduction can also occur with eggs being liberated into the sea by the adult medusa.
When fertilised, these develop into a free-living planula, then to a scyphistoma, to a strobila, and lastly to a free-living young medusa.
Sanderia malayensis has a complex life cycle with a number of types of asexual reproduction. New polyps can bud off existing polyps, with a moveable stolon developing at the same time on the opposite side of the mother polyp. These stolons may develop a knobbed end, curl up and attach themselves to the substrate, before detaching from the mother polyp and developing into a new polyp. Strobilation of the polyp may occur with ephyrae being formed which separate from the mother polyp. Sexual reproduction can also occur with eggs being liberated into the sea by the adult medusa. When fertilised, these develop into a free-living planula, then to a scyphistoma, to a strobila, and lastly to a free-living young medusa.
Sanderia malayensis