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Chrysaora melanaster Northern Sea Nestle

Chrysaora melanaster is commonly referred to as Northern Sea Nestle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Pas pour l'aquarium!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Chrysaora melanaster, Copyright Paddy Ryan


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lexID:
8934 
AphiaID:
287209 
Scientific:
Chrysaora melanaster 
German:
Kompassqualle 
English:
Northern Sea Nestle 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Chrysaora (Genus) > melanaster (Species) 
Initial determination:
Brandt, 1838 
Occurrence:
Russland, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chukchi Sea, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of California, Japan, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Philippines, West Coast USA 
Sea depth:
1 - 882 Meter 
Size:
up to 23.62" (60 cm) 
Temperature:
2,7 °F - 4,2 °F (2,7°C - 4,2°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Copepods, Fish (little fishes), Jellyfish, Predatory, Zooplankton 
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:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-11-07 22:16:32 

Poison

Attention! Chrysaora melanaster 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 Chrysaora melanaster pour pouvoir mieux évaluer une possibilité de danger. Soyez prudents avec Chrysaora melanaster. 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

Info

Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1838

The bell diameter can reach 60 cm, the 24-32 orange-red tentacles are 3 m in lenght.Northern Sea Nettle dwells at depths of up to 100 m.

This jellyfish feeds on copepods,large zooplankton, small fish and other jellies.

The sting is mild,but can cause serious skin irritation and burning.

The largest jellyfish of the Arctic.

Synonym:
Chrysaora depressa

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Chrysaora (Genus) > Chrysaora melanaster (Species)

External links

  1. arcodiv.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage Dr. Paddy Ryan (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. Wikipedia englisch (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  5. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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