Macrorhynchia phoenicea Feather Hydroid, Brown stinging hydroid

Macrorhynchia phoenicea is commonly referred to as Feather Hydroid, Brown stinging hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

16736 

AphiaID:

284199 

Scientific:

Macrorhynchia phoenicea 

German:

Hydrozon 

English:

Feather Hydroid, Brown Stinging Hydroid 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Aglaopheniidae (Family) > Macrorhynchia (Genus) > phoenicea (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Busk, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

East Coast Australia, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bali, Banda Sea, Bunaken, Celebes Sea, Central Pazific, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Eastern Indian Ocean, Fiji, Gulf of Mannar , Hawaii, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Melanesia, Midway Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Oceania, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland (Australia), South-Africa, South-Pazific, Sulawesi, Western Australia 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

3 - 708 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Rocky reefs, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors 

Size:

3.15" - 4.33" (8,5cm - 11,5cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Macrorhynchia allmani
• Macrorhynchia ambigua
• Macrorhynchia asymmetrica
• Macrorhynchia balei
• 
  Macrorhynchia clarkei
  Hydrozoon
• Macrorhynchia crestata
• Macrorhynchia curta
• Macrorhynchia disjuncta
• Macrorhynchia filamentosa
• Macrorhynchia fulva
• Macrorhynchia furcata
• Macrorhynchia grandis
• Macrorhynchia gravelyi
• Macrorhynchia hawaiensis
• Macrorhynchia hornelli
• Macrorhynchia meteor
• Macrorhynchia mulderi
• Macrorhynchia nuttingi
• 
  Macrorhynchia philippina
  Weißer Nesselnder Buschhydroid
• 
  Macrorhynchia phoenicea
  Hydrozon
• Macrorhynchia protecta
• Macrorhynchia quadriarmata
• Macrorhynchia racemifera
• Macrorhynchia ramosa
• Macrorhynchia similis
• Macrorhynchia singularis
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-09-08 13:03:32 

Last edit:

2024-09-15 14:24:10 

Toxicity

Macrorhynchia phoenicea is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Macrorhynchia phoenicea, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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