Hippopodius hippopus Siphonophore

Hippopodius hippopus is commonly referred to as Siphonophore. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

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lexID:

8981 

AphiaID:

135449 

Scientific:

Hippopodius hippopus 

German:

Staatsqualle 

English:

Siphonophore 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Hippopodiidae (Family) > Hippopodius (Genus) > hippopus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forsskål, ), 1776 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, (the) Maldives, Banda Sea, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Celebes Sea, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Ecuador, European Coasts, Florida, Galapagos Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Java, Mexico (East Pacific), New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, South America, South China Sea, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Sulawesi, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

0.63" - 0.87" (1.6cm - 2.2cm) 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 69.8 °F (2°C - 21°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hippopodius hippopus
  Staatsqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-11-21 18:02:30 

Last edit:

2024-11-17 16:44:34 

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