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Macrorhynchia philippina Stinging Bush Hydroid, White Smoky-feathered Hydroid, White Stinger,

Macrorhynchia philippina is commonly referred to as Stinging Bush Hydroid, White Smoky-feathered Hydroid, White Stinger,. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.


Profilbild Urheber Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Lytocarpus philippinus,Port Elizabeth 2009,Copyright Johan Swanepoel


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lexID:
6503 
AphiaID:
117305 
Scientific:
Macrorhynchia philippina 
German:
Weißer Nesselnder Buschhydroid 
English:
Stinging Bush Hydroid, White Smoky-feathered Hydroid, White Stinger, 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Aglaopheniidae (Family) > Macrorhynchia (Genus) > philippina (Species) 
Initial determination:
Kirchenpauer, 1872 
Occurrence:
Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Circumtropic, Corsica, Costa Rica, East-Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, France, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Invasive Species, Japan, Lebanon, Madeira, Mozambique, North Atlantic Ocean, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Red Sea, South-Africa, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, 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:
1 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Coral reefs, Port facilities, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seagrass meadows, Eelgrass Meadows, Seawater, Sea water, Ship Hulls 
Size:
0.79" - 15.75" (2cm - 40cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Plankton 
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
:
  • Macrorhynchia allmani
  • Macrorhynchia ambigua
  • Macrorhynchia asymmetrica
  • Macrorhynchia balei
  • Macrorhynchia crestata
  • Macrorhynchia curta
  • Macrorhynchia disjuncta
  • Macrorhynchia filamentosa
  • Macrorhynchia fulva
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-14 18:24:37 

Poison

Attention! Macrorhynchia philippina 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 Macrorhynchia philippina pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Macrorhynchia philippina. 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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Macrorhynchia philippina Kirchenpauer, 1872

Macrorhynchia philippina ia a feathery pale-white hydrozoon and forms colonies.It feeds on microscopic animals.

Synonym:
Aglaophenia (Macrorhynchia) Philippina Aglaophenia (Macrorhynchia) urens
Lytocarpus philippinus
Lytocarpus phillippinus (Kirschenpauer, 1872) (genus transfer and misspelling of author)

External links

  1. Nemesis (en). Abgerufen am 14.07.2025.

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