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Chrysaora plocamia South American sea nettle

Chrysaora plocamia is commonly referred to as South American sea nettle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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South American sea nettle (Chrysaora plocamia), New England Aquarium, Boston (c) Muelly 2019




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lexID:
12301 
AphiaID:
287210 
Scientific:
Chrysaora plocamia 
German:
Südamerikanische Kompassqualle 
English:
South American Sea Nettle 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Chrysaora (Genus) > plocamia (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lesson, ), 1830 
Occurrence:
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Gulf of Mexico, Peru, South Atlantic, South-Pazific, Uruguay 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
9.84" - 39.37" (25cm - 100cm) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Jellyfish, Predatory, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Pas pour l'aquarium! 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-07 22:17:31 

Poison

Attention! Chrysaora plocamia possède un venin nocif pour votre santé. Normalement les espèces de cette catégorie n’émettent pas de danger pour vous. Lisez bien les informations et les commentaires des utilisateurs qui possèdent Chrysaora plocamia pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Chrysaora plocamia. Chaque humain réagit différemment sur des venins. Si vous pensez d'avoir été en contact avec le venin consultez un médecin ou un centre antipoison. Le numéro des centres A
s
antipoison sont trouvables ici: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson, 1830)

Chrysaora plocamia is a large jellyfish from South America, up to 1 m in bell diameter. Most mature individuals only are 25–50 cm. Exumbrella with 16 broad, radial bands of dark, brown colour with numerous light spots. Coloration greatly varied!

Sting recorded as irritating but not severe, lasting 30-60 mins.

Similar to C. hysoscella ( a species now known to be restricted to the northeast Atlantic).

External links

  1. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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South American sea nettle (Chrysaora plocamia), New England Aquarium, Boston (c) Muelly 2019

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