Nanomia bijuga Siphonophore

Nanomia bijuga is commonly referred to as Siphonophore. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Karin Fletcher, USA

Nanomia bijuga,West of Point Glover 2023

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lexID:: 16704
AphiaID:: 135495

Scientific:: Nanomia bijuga
German:: Staatsqualle
English:: Siphonophore

Category:: Jellyfish

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Agalmatidae (Family) > Nanomia (Genus) > bijuga (Species)
Initial determination:: (Delle Chiaje, ), 1844

Occurrence:: Argentina, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, Circumglobal, Columbia, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Ireland, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), North-West-Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Papua New Guinea, South America, South Atlantic, Southeast Atlantic, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA
Sea depth:: 50 - 1000 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Food:: Carnivore, Crustaceans, Krill, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Nanomia bijuga
Staatsqualle
Nanomia cara

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-08-25 20:19:48
Last edit:: 2024-08-25 20:45:30

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Nanomia bijuga 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 Nanomia bijuga in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Nanomia bijuga. 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 Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844)

Nanomia bijuga, first described by Stefano Delle Chiaje in 1844 is a species of mesopelagic siphonophore in the family Agalmatidae. As with all members of the siphonophorae order, it is a colonial organism composed of individual zooids.

Synonymised names
Agalmopsis fragile Fewkes, 1882 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Anthemodes canariensis Haeckel, 1869 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Anthemodes moseri Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Anthemodes picta (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cupulita bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1841) · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Cupulita canariensis (Haeckel, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cupulita picta (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cupulita tergestina (Claus, 1878) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Halistemma pictum Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Halistemma tergestinum Claus, 1878 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Physsophora bijuga Delle Chiaje, 1844 · unaccepted (basionym)
Stephanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844) · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Stephanomia picta (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Stephanomia pictum (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted

External links

researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
treatment.platzi (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
YouTube (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.

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