Rhopilema nomadica Giant Nomad Jellyfish

Rhopilema nomadica is commonly referred to as Giant Nomad Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Rafi Amar, Israel

Nomad Jelly - Rhopilema nomadica,2015

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Scientific:: Rhopilema nomadica
German:: Nomaden-Qualle
English:: Giant Nomad Jellyfish

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Rhizostomatidae (Family) > Rhopilema (Genus) > nomadica (Species)
Initial determination:: Galil, Spanier & Ferguson, 1990

Occurrence:: Arabian Sea, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Ionian Sea (Mediterranean), Israel, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 7 - 80 Meter
Size:: 11.81" - 39.37" (30cm - 100cm)
Weight:: 10 kg
Temperature:: 60.8 °F - 87.8 °F (16°C - 31°C)
Food:: Carnivore, 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:

Rhopilema esculentum
Rhopilema hispidum
Rhopilema nomadica
Nomaden-Qualle
Rhopilema rhopalophora
Rhopilema verrilli

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2020-07-16 17:54:02
Last edit:: 2020-12-21 18:25:34

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Rhopilema nomadica 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 Rhopilema nomadica in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Rhopilema nomadica. 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:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson, 1990

Rhopilema nomadica, the nomad jellyfish, is a jellyfish indigenous to tropical warm waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Since 1970's it has been also found in Mediterranean Sea, where it entered via the Suez Canal (Lessepsian migration).

It is capable of delivering a painful sting.

The European Union lists it as one of the worst invasive marine species in European waters.

External links

CABI Invasive Species Compendium (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (October 2015) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Rediscovery of Sanderia malayensis and remarks on Rhopilema nomadica record in Pakistan (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Rhopilema nomadica, Nomadenqualle, Giant nomad jellyfish

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