Nanomia bijuga Siphonophore

Nanomia bijuga is commonly referred to as Siphonophore. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Karin Fletcher, USA

Nanomia bijuga,West of Point Glover 2023

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AphiaID:: 135495

Scientific:: Nanomia bijuga
German:: Staatsqualle
English:: Siphonophore

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Agalmatidae (Family) > Nanomia (Genus) > bijuga (Species)
Initial determination:: (Delle Chiaje, ), 1844

Occurrence:: Argentina, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, Circumglobal, Columbia, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Indian Ocean, Ireland, Japan, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), North-West-Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic, Papua New Guinea, South America, South Atlantic, Southeast Atlantic, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA
Sea depth:: 50 - 1000 Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: up to 11.81" (30 cm)
Food:: Carnivore, Crustaceans, Krill, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Has a poison harmful to health

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Nanomia bijuga
Staatsqualle
Nanomia cara

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-08-25 20:19:48
Last edit:: 2025-11-07 21:15:51

Poison

Attention! Nanomia bijuga 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 Nanomia bijuga pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Nanomia bijuga. 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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Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844)

Nanomia bijuga, first described by Stefano Delle Chiaje in 1844 is a species of mesopelagic siphonophore in the family Agalmatidae. As with all members of the siphonophorae order, it is a colonial organism composed of individual zooids.

Synonymised names
Agalmopsis fragile Fewkes, 1882 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Anthemodes canariensis Haeckel, 1869 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Anthemodes moseri Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Anthemodes picta (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cupulita bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1841) · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Cupulita canariensis (Haeckel, 1869) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cupulita picta (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Cupulita tergestina (Claus, 1878) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Halistemma pictum Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Halistemma tergestinum Claus, 1878 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Physsophora bijuga Delle Chiaje, 1844 · unaccepted (basionym)
Stephanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844) · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Stephanomia picta (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Stephanomia pictum (Metschnikoff, 1870) · unaccepted

External links

researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
treatment.platzi (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.
YouTube (en). Abgerufen am 25.08.2024.

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