Cotylorhiza tuberculata Fried egg jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly

Cotylorhiza tuberculata is commonly referred to as Fried egg jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5719 

AphiaID:

135297 

Scientific:

Cotylorhiza tuberculata 

German:

Spiegeleiqualle 

English:

Fried Egg Jellyfish, Mediterranean Jelly 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Cepheidae (Family) > Cotylorhiza (Genus) > tuberculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Macri, ), 1778 

Occurrence:

Balearic Islands, Israel, Lebanon, Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 

Sea depth:

0 - 7 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

55.4 °F - 73.4 °F (13°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cotylorhiza ambulacrata
• Cotylorhiza erythraea
• 
  Cotylorhiza tuberculata
  Spiegeleiqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-10 18:37:10 

Last edit:

2022-10-28 10:18:27 

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