Nausithoe racemosa Crown jellyfish

Nausithoe racemosais commonly referred to as Crown jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Nausithoe racemosa

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Scientific:: Nausithoe racemosa
German:: Kranzqualle
English:: Crown Jellyfish

Category:: Jellyfish

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Coronatae (Order) > Nausithoidae (Family) > Nausithoe (Genus) > racemosa (Species)
Initial determination:: (Komai, ), 1936

Occurrence:: Guam, Japan, Marschall Islands, North Pacific (Ocean), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Sea depth:: 3 - 5 Meter
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carnivore
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Nausithoe albatrossi
Nausithoe atlantica
Nausithoe aurea
Nausithoe clausi
Nausithoe eumedusoides
Nausithoe globifera
Nausithoe hagenbecki
Nausithoe maculata
Nausithoe marginata
Nausithoe planulophorus
Nausithoe punctata
Schwamm-Polyp, Kranzqualle
Nausithoe rubra
Nausithoe sorbei
Nausithoe thieli
Nausithoe werneri

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-03-13 17:49:18
Last edit:: 2020-03-13 17:49:18

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Nausithoe racemosa 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 Nausithoe racemosa in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Nausithoe racemosa. 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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Nausithoe racemosa (Komai, 1936)

Crown jellyfishes are the six families of true jellyfish that belong to the order Coronatae.They are distinguished from other jellyfish by the presence of a deep groove running around the umbrella, giving them the crown shape from which they take their name.

Note: no medusa stage

Polyps are highly venomous and highly dangerous in aquariums

Synonymised names:
Stephanoscyphus racemosus Komai, 1936 (synonym)

External links

UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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