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Rhopilema nomadica Giant Nomad Jellyfish

Rhopilema nomadica is commonly referred to as Giant Nomad Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Rhopilema nomadica, Nomadenqualle, Giant nomad jellyfish

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lexID:
13157 
AphiaID:
232032 
Scientific:
Rhopilema nomadica 
German:
Nomaden-Qualle 
English:
Giant Nomad Jellyfish 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Rhizostomatidae (Family) > Rhopilema (Genus) > nomadica (Species) 
Initial determination:
Galil, Spanier & Ferguson, 1990 
Occurrence:
Arabian Sea, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Red Sea, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea 
Sea depth:
7 - 80 Meter 
Size:
11.81" - 39.37" (30cm - 100cm) 
Weight:
10 kg 
Temperature:
60.8 °F - 87.8 °F (16°C - 31°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Has a poison harmful to health 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-07 21:42:52 

Poison

Attention! Rhopilema nomadica 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 Rhopilema nomadica pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Rhopilema nomadica. 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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Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson, 1990

Rhopilema nomadica, the nomad jellyfish, is a jellyfish indigenous to tropical warm waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Since 1970's it has been also found in Mediterranean Sea, where it entered via the Suez Canal (Lessepsian migration).

It is capable of delivering a painful sting.

The European Union lists it as one of the worst invasive marine species in European waters.

External links

  1. CABI Invasive Species Compendium (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (October 2015) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Rediscovery of Sanderia malayensis and remarks on Rhopilema nomadica record in Pakistan (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. seaunseen.com (en). Abgerufen am 26.10.2025.
  5. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  6. youtube (en). Abgerufen am 26.10.2025.

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Rhopilema nomadica, Nomadenqualle, Giant nomad jellyfish
Nomad Jelly - Rhopilema nomadica,2015
Nomad Jelly - Rhopilema nomadica,2015

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