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Nausithoe punctata Crown jellyfish

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


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lexID:
5987 
AphiaID:
135290 
Scientific:
Nausithoe punctata 
German:
Schwamm-Polyp, Kranzqualle 
English:
Crown Jellyfish 
Category:
Jellyfish  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Coronatae (Order) > Nausithoidae (Family) > Nausithoe (Genus) > punctata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Kölliker, 1853 
Occurrence:
(the) Maldives, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Australia, Azores, Brazil, Canada , China, Circumglobal, Egypt, European Coasts, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, India, Japan, New Zealand, Palau, Portugal, Red Sea, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), 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 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.59" (1.5 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton 
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:
  • Nausithoe albatrossi
  • Nausithoe atlantica
  • Nausithoe aurea
  • Nausithoe clausi
  • Nausithoe eumedusoides
  • Nausithoe globifera
  • Nausithoe hagenbecki
  • Nausithoe maculata
  • Nausithoe marginata
  • Nausithoe planulophorus
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-11-25 15:13:11 

Toxicity

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

Nausithoe punctata Kölliker, 1853

Small, disk-shaped, thick jellyfish with a finely warty surface.The diameter of the disc extends to about 15 mm, the central region is about 2.5 wider than high.

The color of the jellyfish varies from a jelly-transparent-milky, greenish or light brown.

There are two growth stages, the jellyfish polyp stage and the stage of subadult animals.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) >Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Coronatae (Order) > Nausithoidae (Family) > Nausithoe (Genus)

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase.ca (en). Abgerufen am 25.11.2021.
  3. Unterwasser-Welt-Rotes Meer (de). Abgerufen am 25.11.2021.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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