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Cyanea lamarckii Blue hair jellyfish

Cyanea lamarckiiis commonly referred to as Blue hair jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Cyanea lamarckii, Nordsee 2015,Copyright Muelly




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lexID:
6336 
AphiaID:
135302 
Scientific:
Cyanea lamarckii 
German:
Blaue Nesselqualle 
English:
Blue Hair Jellyfish 
Category:
Jellyfish  
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Cyaneidae (Family) > Cyanea (Genus) > lamarckii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Péron & Lesueur, 1810 
Occurrence:
the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, Danmark, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway, Scandinavia, Spain, Sweden, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man 
Sea depth:
22 - 150 Meter 
Size:
2.36" - 11.81" (6cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 
Food:
Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Cyanea aculeatiflora
  • Cyanea acuminata
  • Cyanea angustifolia
  • Cyanea annaskala
  • Cyanea arborea
  • Cyanea asarifolia
  • Cyanea asplenifolia
  • Cyanea buitendijki
  • Cyanea calycina
  • Cyanea capillata
    Gelbe Haarqualle (Feuerqualle)
 
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-07-28 12:07:02 

Toxicity

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

Péron & Lesueur, 1809

Scientific paper

  1. Isolation of a cytotoxic glycoprotein from the Scyphozoa Cyanea lamarckii by lectin-affinity chromatography and characterization of molecule interactions by surface plasmon resonance, Heike Helmholz; Stefanie Naatz; Stephan Lassen; Andreas Prange, 2008
  2. Comparative study on the cell toxicity and enzymatic activity of two northern scyphozoan species Cyanea capillata (L.) and Cyanea lamarckii (Péron & Léslieur), Heike Helmholz; Christiane Ruhnau; Christian Schütt; Andreas Prange, 2007
  3. A Further Occurrence of Cyanea lamarckii Peron and Lesueur off the County Dublin Coast, J. P. Hillis, 1969
  4. Cyanea lamarckii Peron et Lesueur off the Coast of Co. Dublin, J. P. Hillis, 1967

External links

  1. Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Jim Greenfield (British Marine Life) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Cyanea lamarckii, Nordsee 2015,Copyright Muelly
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Cyanea lamarckii (c) Muelly, Bild aus der Nordsee
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Copyright Jim Greenfield
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Schottland
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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus den Niederlanden
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