Euplokamis dunlapae Oval sea gooseberry

Euplokamis dunlapaeis commonly referred to as Oval sea gooseberry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alexander Semenov, Russland

Euplokamis dunlapae, 2019

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lexID:: 11085
AphiaID:: 265174

Scientific:: Euplokamis dunlapae
German:: Rippenqualle
English:: Oval Sea Gooseberry

Category:: Ctenophora

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cydippida (Order) > Euplokamididae (Family) > Euplokamis (Genus) > dunlapae (Species)
Initial determination:: Mills, 1987

Occurrence:: Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, Invasive Species, Scandinavia, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 7 - 110 Meter
Size:: 2,00 cm
Temperature:: °F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Euplokamis crinita
Euplokamis dunlapae
Rippenqualle
Euplokamis helicoides
Euplokamis octoptera
Euplokamis stationis

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-09-28 11:43:53
Last edit:: 2017-09-28 18:40:53

Info

Mills, 1987

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cydippida (Order) > Euplokamididae (Family) > Euplokamis (Genus) > Euplokamis dunlapae (Species)

Scientific paper

Giant Axons and Escape Swimming in Euplokamis dunlapae (Ctenophora: Cydippida), G. O. Mackie, C. E. Mills and C. L. Singla, 1992
Revised classification of the genus Euplokamis Chun, 1880 (Ctenophora: Cydippida: Euplokamidae n. fam.) with a description of the new species Euplokamis dunlapae, Mills, Claudia E., 1987

External links

Die lautlose Invasion (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
First recordings of the ctenophore Euplokamis sp. (Ctenophora, Cydippida) in Swedish coastal waters (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Alexander Semenov (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
The Marine Flora & Fauna of Norway (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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