Alcyonidium gelatinosum Jelly Bryozoan, Gelatinous Leather Bryozoan, Gelatinous Bryozoan

Alcyonidium gelatinosumis commonly referred to as Jelly Bryozoan, Gelatinous Leather Bryozoan, Gelatinous Bryozoan. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

15272 

AphiaID:

111600 

Scientific:

Alcyonidium gelatinosum 

German:

Gallert-Moostierchen, Klammer-Moostierchen 

English:

Jelly Bryozoan, Gelatinous Leather Bryozoan, Gelatinous Bryozoan 

Category:

Bryozoa 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Ctenostomatida (Order) > Alcyonidiidae (Family) > Alcyonidium (Genus) > gelatinosum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1761 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Belgium, Canada , Danmark, European Coasts, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northeast Atlantic, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 1580 Meter 

Size:

up to 11.81" (30 cm) 

Temperature:

32 °F - 53.6 °F (0°C - 12°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

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:

• Alcyonidium albescens
• Alcyonidium albidum
• Alcyonidium androsovae
• Alcyonidium anglei
• Alcyonidium antarcticum
• Alcyonidium argyllaceum
• Alcyonidium australe
• Alcyonidium candidum
• Alcyonidium capronae
• Alcyonidium cellarioides
• Alcyonidium chondroides
• Alcyonidium columbianum
• Alcyonidium condylocinereum
• 
  Alcyonidium diaphanum
  Aufrechtes Gallert Moostierchen
• Alcyonidium disciforme
• Alcyonidium duplex
• Alcyonidium effusum
• Alcyonidium eightsi
• Alcyonidium enteromorpha
• Alcyonidium epispiculum
• Alcyonidium erectum
• Alcyonidium excavatum
• Alcyonidium flabelliforme
• Alcyonidium flustroides
• Alcyonidium foliaceum
• 
  Alcyonidium gelatinosum
  Gallert-Moostierchen, Klammer-Moostierchen
• Alcyonidium hauffi
• Alcyonidium hirsutum
• Alcyonidium hydrocoalitum
• Alcyonidium irregulare
• Alcyonidium kermadecense
• Alcyonidium mamillatum
• Alcyonidium multigemmatum
• Alcyonidium nanum
• Alcyonidium nipponicum
• Alcyonidium nodosum
• Alcyonidium pachydermatum
• Alcyonidium papillatum
• Alcyonidium parasiticum
• Alcyonidium pedunculatum
• Alcyonidium pelagosphaerum
• Alcyonidium polyoum
• Alcyonidium polypylum
• Alcyonidium proboscideum
• Alcyonidium radicellatum
• 
  Alcyonidium rhomboidale
  Moostierchen
• Alcyonidium rugosum
• Alcyonidium rylandi
• Alcyonidium sagamianum
• Alcyonidium sanguineum
• Alcyonidium scolecoideum
• Alcyonidium shizuoi
• Alcyonidium simulatum
• Alcyonidium torpedo
• Alcyonidium variegatum
• Alcyonidium vermiculare
• Alcyonidium verrilli
• Alcyonidium vicarians
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Alcyonidium sp.
  Moostierchen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2022-10-15 17:56:33 

Last edit:

2022-10-16 06:18:45 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Alcyonidium gelatinosum 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 Alcyonidium gelatinosum in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Alcyonidium gelatinosum. 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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