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Desmonema glaciale Antarctic Giant Jelly fish

Desmonema glacialeis commonly referred to as Antarctic Giant Jelly fish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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lexID:
8582 
AphiaID:
289805 
Scientific:
Desmonema glaciale 
German:
Antarktische Riesenqualle 
English:
Antarctic Giant Jelly Fish 
Category:
Jellyfish  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Cyaneidae (Family) > Desmonema (Genus) > glaciale (Species) 
Initial determination:
Larson, 1986 
Occurrence:
Antarctica, Chile, South-Pazific, Tasman Sea 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 47.24" (120 cm) 
Temperature:
~ -2,0°C 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Krill, Plankton, Predatory, Starfishs, Worms 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-06 19:31:00 

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Desmonema glaciale Larson,1986

Desmonema glaciale is a giant medusa of Antarctic waters. This jelly fish is very large in size(1,20 m and more in bell). The tentacles are few in number and cordlike.

Desmonema glaciale is associated with hyperiid amphiods. Hyperiid amphipod is a suborder of amphipods with large eyes. They are parasites or predators of salps and jellyfish in the plankton.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Cyaneidae (Family) > Desmonema (Genus) > Desmonema glaciale (Species)

External links

  1. Antarctic Invertebrates (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Guiamarina.com (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Peter Brueggeman (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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