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Jellyella tuberculata Calcareous Membranipora

Jellyella tuberculata is commonly referred to as Calcareous Membranipora. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Jellyella tuberculata growing on a red alga.2020


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lexID:
13516 
AphiaID:
396730 
Scientific:
Jellyella tuberculata 
German:
Kalk-Moostierchen 
English:
Calcareous Membranipora 
Category:
Bryozoa 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Cheilostomatida (Order) > Membraniporidae (Family) > Jellyella (Genus) > tuberculata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Bosc, ), 1802 
Occurrence:
Belgium, Gulf of Mexico, Indo Pacific, New Zealand, South Atlantic, South-Pazific, the Canary Islands, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 5230 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Temperature:
35.6 °F - 80.6 °F (2°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Protozoa, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-16 19:34:03 

Info

Jellyella tuberculata (Bosc, 1802)#

Jellyella is unusual in being a pseudoplanktonic bryozoan found encrusting floating objects, both natural and artificial.

Jellyella tuberculata grows on the floating alga Sargassum,[and on flat-bladed kelp and other seaweeds. Nudibranch Corambe sp.eats Jellyella tuberculata.

Synonymised names
Acanthodesia tuberculata (Bosc, 1802) (synonym)
Amphiblestrum bituberculatum Ortmann, 1890 (Subjective synonym)
Flustra peregrina d'Orbigny, 1839 (junior subjective synonyms)
Flustra tehuelca d'Orbigny, 1839 (junior subjective synonyms)
Flustra tuberculata Bosc, 1802 (basionym)
Membranipora tehuelca (junior subjective synonym)
Membranipora tuberculata

External links

  1. EOL (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 03.01.2021.

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Jellyella tuberculata, Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES 2025
Jellyella tuberculata growing on a red alga.2020

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