Physophora hydrostatica Bubble jelly

Physophora hydrostaticais commonly referred to as Bubble jelly. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Physophora hydrostatica
German:: Blasenqualle, Staatsqualle
English:: Bubble Jelly

Category:: Hydrozoa

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physophoridae (Family) > Physophora (Genus) > hydrostatica (Species)
Initial determination:: Forsskål, 1775

Occurrence:: cosmopolitan species
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 3.15" - 5.91" (8cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Predatory, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Physophora gilmeri
Physophora hydrostatica
Blasenqualle, Staatsqualle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-11-21 17:56:18
Last edit:: 2023-03-29 19:44:52

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Forsskål, 1775

Synonyme:
Discolabe mediterranea Eschscholtz, 1829
Discolabe quadrigata Haeckel, 1888
Physophora magnifica Haeckel, 1869
Physophora philippii Kölliker, 1853
Physsophora discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Physsophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775
Physsophora muzonema Lesueur & Petit, 1807
Rhizophysa discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydrozoonolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Physophoridae (Family) > Physophora (Genus) > Physophora hydrostatica (Species)

Scientific paper

A Check List of Siphonophora from Irish Waters, with a Record of Physophora hydrostatica (Forskal) from the Irish Coast, F. Jeal and A. B. West, 1970

External links

Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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