Lucernaria bathyphila Lucernaria bathyphila

Lucernaria bathyphilais commonly referred to as Lucernaria bathyphila. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

6770 

AphiaID:

135325 

Scientific:

Lucernaria bathyphila 

German:

Becherqualle 

English:

Lucernaria Bathyphila 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Staurozoa (Class) > Stauromedusae (Order) > Lucernariidae (Family) > Lucernaria (Genus) > bathyphila (Species) 

Initial determination:

Haeckel, 1880 

Occurrence:

East-Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, The Shetland Islands (Scotland) 

Size:

0.39" - 5.91" (1cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Lucernaria australis
• 
  Lucernaria bathyphila
  Becherqualle
• Lucernaria haeckeli
• Lucernaria infundibulum
• Lucernaria janetae
• 
  Lucernaria quadricornis
  Becherqualle
• Lucernaria sainthilarei
• Lucernaria walteri

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Lucernaria sainthilairei
  Becherqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-15 17:05:38 

Last edit:

2014-02-15 17:05:38 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Lucernaria bathyphila has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Lucernaria bathyphila in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Lucernaria bathyphila. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Worldwide: eapcct.org

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