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Agalma okenii Red-spotted Siphonophore

Agalma okenii is commonly referred to as Red-spotted Siphonophore. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Agalma okeni,Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2024


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lexID:
10300 
AphiaID:
135485 
Scientific:
Agalma okenii 
German:
Rot-gepunktete Staatsqualle 
English:
Red-spotted Siphonophore 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Agalmatidae (Family) > Agalma (Genus) > okenii (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eschscholtz, 1825 
Occurrence:
Belize, Bermuda, cosmopolitan species, European Coasts, France, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, South Atlantic, Sulawesi, the Canary Islands, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 
Sea depth:
3 - 1000 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3.94" - 11.81" (10cm - 30cm) 
Temperature:
7,6 °F - 28,3 °F (7,6°C - 28,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Crustaceans, Predatory, Small Sharks, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-07 19:08:05 

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Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825

The nematocysts (stinging cells) of the transparent siphonophore Agalma okenii resemble small copepods, such as to lure prey. This species is a deep sea siphonophore.

Synonymised names
Agalma okeni Eschscholtz, 1825 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling variant)
Agalma rigidum (Haeckel, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crystallodes rigidum Haeckel, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crystallodes vitrea Haeckel, 1888a · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Crystallomia polygonata Dana, 1858 · unaccepted
Crystallomia rigidum (Haeckel, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 28.12.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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