Chrysaora hysoscella compass jellyfish

Chrysaora hysoscella is commonly referred to as compass jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Scientific:: Chrysaora hysoscella
German:: Kompassqualle
English:: Compass Jellyfish

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Chrysaora (Genus) > hysoscella (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1767

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Belgium, Brazil, Central Atlantic, Croatia, Danmark, East-Atlantic Ocean, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Namibia, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 0 - 500 Meter
Size:: 3.15" - 24.8" (8cm - 63cm)
Weight:: 6 kg
Temperature:: 8,1 °F - 69.8 °F (8,1°C - 21°C)
Food:: Fish (little fishes), Jellyfish, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Chrysaora achlyos
Schwarze Kompassqualle
Chrysaora colorata
Purpur-Gestreifte Kompassqualle
Chrysaora fulgida
Chrysaora fuscescens
Kompassqualle
Chrysaora helvola
Chrysaora hysoscella
Kompassqualle
Chrysaora lactea
Chrysaora melanaster
Kompassqualle
Chrysaora plocamia
Südamerikanische Kompassqualle
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Atlantik-Seenessel, Ostküsten-Seenessel , US-Atlantik-Seenessel,

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2010-07-14 19:23:52
Last edit:: 2022-09-26 20:12:10

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Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767)

Chrysaora hysoscella, also known as the compass jellyfish, is a very common species of jellyfish that lives in coastal waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Painful Sting.

Synonymised names:
Chrysaora aspilonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Chrysaora cyclonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Chrysaora Lesueur Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Chrysaora mediterranea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Medusa hysoscella Linnaeus, 1767 (basionym)

External links

Biometry and size distribution of Chrysaora hysoscella (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) and Aequorea aequorea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) off Namibia with some notes on their parasite Hyperia medusarum (en). Abgerufen am 26.09.2022.
Ecological and Societal Benefits of Jellyfish (en). Abgerufen am 26.09.2022.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 13.01.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland, Bild aus Holland

Chrysaora hysoscella, Compass jellyfish 2022

Husbandry know-how of owners

kappenmann
@kappenmann

am 15.10.14#1

Ein schönes Tier! Ich konnte dieses Tier in den letzten Jahren vermehrt an der Adria in Kroatien beobachten. Die Größenangabe sollte jedoch auf 1cm - 35cm korrigiert werden, da die meisten Kompasquallen die ich gesehen habe, weitaus größer als 30cm waren. Der Kontakt mit den Nesselzellen, ist vergleichbar mit dem Kontakt einer Brennnessel und das Brennen klingt nach ca. 2 Stunden ab. (So war es zumindest bei mir.) Aquarienhaltung ist meiner Meinung nach unmöglich.

Gruß,
Sven

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