Sarsia tubulosa Clapper hydroid

Sarsia tubulosa is commonly referred to as Clapper hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

6760 

AphiaID:

117491 

Scientific:

Sarsia tubulosa 

German:

Qualle 

English:

Clapper Hydroid 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Corynidae (Family) > Sarsia (Genus) > tubulosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(M. Sars, ), 1835 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, Greenland, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea 

Sea depth:

3 - 175 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 3.94" (1cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

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:

• Sarsia apicula
• Sarsia bella
• Sarsia densa
• Sarsia lovenii
• Sarsia medelae
• Sarsia occulta
• Sarsia piriforma
• Sarsia princeps
• Sarsia striata
• 
  Sarsia tubulosa
  Qualle
• Sarsia viridis
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-15 14:10:08 

Last edit:

2020-04-02 21:38:43 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Sarsia tubulosa 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 Sarsia tubulosa in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Sarsia tubulosa. 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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