Nemopilema nomurai Nomura's jellyfish

Nemopilema nomurai is commonly referred to as Nomura's jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

3542 

AphiaID:

290453 

Scientific:

Nemopilema nomurai 

German:

Nomura-Qualle 

English:

Nomura's Jellyfish 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Rhizostomatidae (Family) > Nemopilema (Genus) > nomurai (Species) 

Initial determination:

Kishinouye, 1922 

Occurrence:

China, Japan, Philippines, Yellow Sea 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

up to 78.74" (200 cm) 

Weight:

10 kg 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

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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  Nemopilema nomurai
  Nomura-Qualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-02-02 11:35:28 

Last edit:

2020-03-12 11:56:06 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Nemopilema nomurai has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Nemopilema nomurai in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Nemopilema nomurai. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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