Mastigias papua Spotted Jelly, Papuan Jellyfish,Golden Medusa, Palau Golden Jellyfish

Mastigias papua is commonly referred to as Spotted Jelly, Papuan Jellyfish,Golden Medusa, Palau Golden Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

4000 

AphiaID:

220485 

Scientific:

Mastigias papua 

German:

Papua Schirmqualle, Goldene Qualle 

English:

Spotted Jelly, Papuan Jellyfish,Golden Medusa, Palau Golden Jellyfish 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

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

Initial determination:

(Lesson, ), 1830 

Occurrence:

Australia, Fiji, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Red Sea, Singapore, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

95 - 640 Meter 

Size:

up to 7.87" (20 cm) 

Temperature:

~ 22-26°C 

Food:

Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae / Light 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

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:

• 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:

2012-01-16 08:48:59 

Last edit:

2019-09-11 00:52:19 

Toxicity

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