Staurodiscus tetrastaurus Jellyfish

Staurodiscus tetrastaurus is commonly referred to as Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping.

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lexID:

18266 

AphiaID:

117729 

Scientific:

Staurodiscus tetrastaurus 

German:

Vierkreuz Hydrozoa 

English:

Jellyfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Hebellidae (Family) > Staurodiscus (Genus) > tetrastaurus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Haeckel, 1879 

Occurrence:

European Coasts, Florida, North Atlantic Ocean, the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,4cm - 0,6cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Staurodiscus arcuatus
• Staurodiscus brooksii
• Staurodiscus cirrus
• Staurodiscus crassonema
• Staurodiscus gotoi
• Staurodiscus kellneri
• Staurodiscus latibulbus
• Staurodiscus milleri
• Staurodiscus multicanalis
• Staurodiscus neustona
• Staurodiscus nigricans
• Staurodiscus polynema
• Staurodiscus quadristoma
• 
  Staurodiscus tetrastaurus
  Vierkreuz Hydrozoa
• Staurodiscus thalassinus
• Staurodiscus vietnamensis
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-11 18:14:22 

Last edit:

2026-04-11 19:28:16 

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