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Phyllorhiza punctata Australian spotted jellyfish

Phyllorhiza punctatais commonly referred to as Australian spotted jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:
4981 
AphiaID:
135298 
Scientific:
Phyllorhiza punctata 
German:
Gepunktete Wurzelmundqualle 
English:
Australian Spotted Jellyfish 
Category:
Jellyfish  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Mastigiidae (Family) > Phyllorhiza (Genus) > punctata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lendenfeld, 1884 
Occurrence:
Australia, Brazil, Canada , Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Jamaica, Philippines, Puerto Rico, South America, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Size:
up to 23.62" (60 cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 82.4 °F (20°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Zooplankton 
Tank:
219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  
Difficulty:
Only for advanced aquarists 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-01-10 14:28:08 

Toxicity

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

Info

von Lendenfeld, 1884

Biology:
Special thanks for the foto to DeJong MarineLife!

Distribution
Indo-Pacific, Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean.

Biology:
Swims near the surface in murky waters near estuaries in harbors and embayments.

Synonymised taxa:
Cotylorhizoides pacificus Light, 1921

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Kolpophorae (Suborder) > Mastigiidae (Family) > Phyllorhiza (Genus) > Phyllorhiza punctata (Species)

Scientific paper

  1. First record and potential trophic impact of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) along the north Tunisian coast (South Western Mediterranean Sea), Gueroun, S. K. M.; Kéfi-Daly Yahia, O.; Deidun, A.; Fuentes, V.; Piraino, S.; Daly Yahia, M. N. , 2015
  2. Seasonal patterns in size and abundance ofPhyllorhiza punctata: an invasive scyphomedusa in coastal Georgia (USA), Peter G. Verity; J. E. Purcell; M. E. Frischer, 2011
  3. Glyco- and sphingophosphonolipids from the medusa Phyllorhiza punctata: NMR and ESI-MS/MS fingerprints, Lauro M. de Souza; Marcello Iacomini; Philip A.J. Gorin; Roger S. Sari; Maria A. Haddad; Guilherme L. Sassaki, 2007
  4. Morphology of the Nematocysts of the Medusae of Two Scyphozoans, Catostylus mosaicus and Phyllorhiza punctata (Rhizostomeae): Implications for Capture of Prey, Meredith B. Peach and Kylie A. Pitt, 2005
  5. Contrasting contributions to inorganic nutrient recycling by the co-occurring jellyfishes, Catostylus mosaicus and Phyllorhiza punctata (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae), K.A. Pitt; K. Koop; D. Rissik, 2005
  6. Flow and prey capture by the scyphomedusa Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884, Isabella D'Ambra; John H. Costello; Flegra Bentivegna, 2001
  7. Ultrastructure of the sperm of Catostylus mosaicus and Phyllorhiza punctata (Scyphozoa, Cnidaria): Implications for sperm terminology and the inference of reproductive mechanisms, ROUSE, G. W.; PITT, K. , 2000
  8. Reproduction and survival of Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria: Rhizostomeae) in a seasonally fluctuating salinity regime in Western Australia, Rippingale, RJ; Kelly, SJ , 1995
  9. Zooplanktivorous predation by large scyphomedusae Phyllorhiza punctata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in Laguna Joyuda, Jorge R. García; Edward Durbin, 1993

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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„Phyllorhiza punctata macro“ von Orest - Flickr: Phyllorhiza punctata. Lizenziert unter CC BY-SA 2.0 über Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phyllorhiza_punctata_macro.jpg#/me
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„Phyllorhiza punctata (White-spotted jellyfish) edit“ von Papa Lima Whiskey at en.wikipedia. Lizenziert unter CC BY-SA 3.0 über Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phyllorhiza_
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