Mastigias roseus golden medusa

Mastigias roseus is commonly referred to as golden medusa. Difficulty in the aquarium: 3 - Ganska enkel. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

2659 

AphiaID:

288704 

Scientific:

Mastigias roseus 

German:

Wurzelmundqualle 

English:

Golden Medusa 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Mastigiidae (Family) > Mastigias (Genus) > roseus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Reynaud, ), 1830 

Occurrence:

Central Atlantic, Indo Pacific, Japan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 7.87" (10cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Zooxanthellae / Light 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

3 - Ganska enkel 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mastigias albipunctatus
• Mastigias andersoni
• Mastigias gracilis
• Mastigias ocellatus
• Mastigias pantherinus
• 
  Mastigias papua
  Papua Schirmqualle, Goldene Qualle
• Mastigias siderea

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Mastigias roseus
  Wurzelmundqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2009-01-13 00:09:52 

Last edit:

2025-11-07 21:08:38 

Toxicity

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