Nemertesia antennina Sea beard

Nemertesia antenninais commonly referred to as Sea beard. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

6069 

AphiaID:

117809 

Scientific:

Nemertesia antennina 

German:

Meerfarn 

English:

Sea Beard 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Plumulariidae (Family) > Nemertesia (Genus) > antennina (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea 

Size:

9.84" - 19.69" (25cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 77 °F (15°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

65.99 gal (~ 300L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Nemertesia alternata
• Nemertesia americana
• Nemertesia anonyma
• 
  Nemertesia antennina
  Meerfarn
• Nemertesia belini
• Nemertesia californica
• Nemertesia ciliata
• Nemertesia cylindrica
• Nemertesia cymodocea
• Nemertesia dissimilis
• Nemertesia distans
• Nemertesia elongata
• Nemertesia falcicula
• Nemertesia fraseri
• Nemertesia geniculata
• Nemertesia hexasticha
• Nemertesia hippuris
• Nemertesia inconstans
• Nemertesia indivisa
• Nemertesia intermedia
• Nemertesia japonica
• Nemertesia longicorna
• Nemertesia mexicana
• Nemertesia multiramosa
• Nemertesia nigra
• Nemertesia norvegica
• Nemertesia pacifica
• Nemertesia paradoxa
• Nemertesia perrieri
• Nemertesia pinnatifida
• Nemertesia polynema
• 
  Nemertesia ramosa
  Meerfarn
• Nemertesia rugosa
• Nemertesia septata
• Nemertesia simplex
• Nemertesia singularis
• Nemertesia sinuosa
• Nemertesia tetraseriata
• Nemertesia tetrasticha
• Nemertesia tropica
• Nemertesia ventriculiformis
• Nemertesia verticillata
• Nemertesia vervoorti
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-17 15:23:06 

Last edit:

2013-09-17 15:23:06 

Toxicity

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