Sanderia malayensis Amakusa jellyfish

Sanderia malayensis is commonly referred to as Amakusa jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

10575 

AphiaID:

220478 

Scientific:

Sanderia malayensis 

German:

Amakusa-Qualle (Feuerqualle) 

English:

Amakusa Jellyfish 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Sanderia (Genus) > malayensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Goette, 1886 

Occurrence:

Suez-Kanal, Australia, China, East Africa, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northern Africa, Pakistan, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore 

Sea depth:

102 - 525 Meter 

Size:

up to 3.54" (9 cm) 

Temperature:

37.4 °F - 59 °F (3°C - 15°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Fish larvae, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

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:

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  Sanderia malayensis
  Amakusa-Qualle (Feuerqualle)

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-26 18:33:20 

Last edit:

2021-12-17 17:14:21 

Toxicity

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

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