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Mastigias papua Spotted Jelly, Papuan Jellyfish,Golden Medusa, Palau Golden Jellyfish

Mastigias papua is commonly referred to as Spotted Jelly, Papuan Jellyfish,Golden Medusa, Palau Golden Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


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Palau Golden Jellyfish - Mastigias papua,2012


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lexID:
4000 
AphiaID:
220485 
Scientific:
Mastigias papua 
German:
Papua Schirmqualle, Goldene Qualle 
English:
Spotted Jelly, Papuan Jellyfish,Golden Medusa, Palau Golden Jellyfish 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Mastigiidae (Family) > Mastigias (Genus) > papua (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lesson, ), 1830 
Occurrence:
Australia, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Western Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
95 - 640 Meter 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
~ 22-26°C 
Food:
Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 
Difficulty:
Pas pour l'aquarium! 
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
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More related species
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-07 21:08:01 

Poison

Attention! Mastigias papua 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 Mastigias papua pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Mastigias papua. 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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Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830)

The Spotted Jelly or Lagoon Jelly (Mastigias papua) is a species of jellyfish. It lives mainly in the southern Pacific Ocean. Instead of one single mouth, they appear to have several smaller mouth openings in their oral arms. These feed on zooplankton.

The State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe also has offspring in Germany

Synonymised names:
Cephea papua Lesson, 1830 (synonym)
Mastigias papua var. Sibogae Maas, 1903 (synonym)
Mastigias physophora Kishinouye, 1895 (synonym)
Pseudorhiza thocambaui Agassiz & Mayer, 1899 (synonym)

Direct children (1):
Variety Mastigias papua var. Sibogae Maas, 1903 accepted as Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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