Hydrallmania falcata sickle hydroid

Hydrallmania falcata is commonly referred to as sickle hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

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Scientific:: Hydrallmania falcata
German:: Korallenmoos
English:: Sickle Hydroid

Category:: Jellyfish

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Sertulariidae (Family) > Hydrallmania (Genus) > falcata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean
Size:: 3.94" - 25.2" (10cm - 64cm)
Temperature:: °F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C)
Food:: Plankton, Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Hydrallmania distans
Hydrallmania falcata
Korallenmoos
Hydrallmania franciscana

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-04-05 17:00:06
Last edit:: 2014-04-05 17:00:06

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(Linnaeus, 1758)

This species is often attached to stones, boulders, wrecks and bedrock and is a very distinctive species.

Synonyms:
Plumularia falcata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Serialaria falcata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sertularia falcata Linnaeus, 1758

External links

Habitas (Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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