Cyanea lamarckii Blue hair jellyfish

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

Profile

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,Gelbe Feuerqualle
• Cyanea citrae
• Cyanea comata
• Cyanea copelandii
• Cyanea coriacea
• Cyanea crispa
• Cyanea cylindrocalyx
• Cyanea dolichopoda
• Cyanea dunbariae
• Cyanea duvalliorum
• Cyanea eleeleensis
• Cyanea elliptica
• Cyanea ferruginea
• Cyanea fissa
• Cyanea floribunda
• Cyanea gibsonii
• Cyanea giffardii
• Cyanea glabra
• Cyanea grimesiana
• Cyanea habenata
• Cyanea hamatiflora
• Cyanea hardyi
• Cyanea hirtella
• Cyanea horrida
• Cyanea humboldtiana
• Cyanea kahiliensis
• Cyanea kauaulaensis
• Cyanea kolekoleensis
• Cyanea koolauensis
• Cyanea kuhihewa
• Cyanea kunthiana
• Cyanea lamarcki
• Cyanea lanceolata
• Cyanea leptostegia
• Cyanea linearifolia
• Cyanea lobata
• Cyanea longiflora
• Cyanea longissima
• Cyanea macrostegia
• Cyanea magnicalyx
• Cyanea mannii
• Cyanea maritae
• Cyanea marksii
• Cyanea mauiensis
• Cyanea mceldowneyi
• Cyanea membranacea
• Cyanea minutiflora
• Cyanea munroi
• Cyanea nozakii
• Cyanea obtusa
• Cyanea parvifolia
• Cyanea pilosa
• Cyanea pinnatifida
• Cyanea platyphylla
• Cyanea pohaku
• Cyanea postelsi
• Cyanea procera
• Cyanea profuga
• Cyanea pseudofauriei
• Cyanea purpurea
• Cyanea purpurellifolia
• Cyanea pycnocarpa
• Cyanea quercifolia
• Cyanea recta
• Cyanea remyi
• Cyanea rivularis
• Cyanea rosea
• Cyanea salicina
• Cyanea scabra
• Cyanea sessilifolia
• Cyanea shipmanii
• Cyanea solanacea
• Cyanea solenocalyx
• Cyanea spathulata
• Cyanea st-johnii
• Cyanea stictophylla
• Cyanea superba
• Cyanea tritomantha
• Cyanea truncata
• Cyanea undulata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cyanea lamarckii
  Blaue Nesselqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-02 18:26:14 

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:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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