Cryptolaria pectinata Hydroid

Cryptolaria pectinata is commonly referred to as Hydroid. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5805 

AphiaID:

117688 

Scientific:

Cryptolaria pectinata 

German:

Hydrozoa 

English:

Hydroid 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Zygophylacidae (Family) > Cryptolaria (Genus) > pectinata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Allman, ), 1888 

Occurrence:

Straße von Gibraltar, Australia, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Hawaii, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, South-Africa, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

up to 4.72" (12 cm) 

Temperature:

59 °F - 80.6 °F (15°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Hydrozoa polyps, Plankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cryptolaria exserta
• 
  Cryptolaria pectinata
  Hydrozoa
• Cryptolaria prima
• Cryptolaria rigida
• Cryptolaria spinosa

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-07-26 20:40:25 

Last edit:

2013-07-26 20:40:25 

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