Cassiopea xamachana Cassiopeia xamachana

Cassiopea xamachana is commonly referred to as Cassiopeia xamachana. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:

2173 

AphiaID:

287172 

Scientific:

Cassiopea xamachana 

German:

Mangrovenqualle 

English:

Cassiopeia Xamachana 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Cassiopeidae (Family) > Cassiopea (Genus) > xamachana (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forsskål, ), 1775 

Occurrence:

Australia, Hawaii, Indo Pacific 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Mangrove Zones 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 86 °F (22°C - 30°C) 

Food:

Brine Shrimp Nauplii, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Cassiopea andromeda
  Mangrovenqualle
• Cassiopea depressa
• 
  Cassiopea frondosa
  Mangroven-Schirmqualle
• Cassiopea medusa
• Cassiopea mertensi
• Cassiopea ndrosia
• Cassiopea ornata
• 
  Cassiopea xamachana
  Mangrovenqualle

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cassiopea sp. 01
  Mangrovenqualle
• 
  Cassiopea sp. 02
  Mangrovenqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-03-18 14:51:25 

Last edit:

2022-06-06 13:28:59 

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