Corymorpha nutans Hydroid, sand polyp

Corymorpha nutans is commonly referred to as Hydroid, sand polyp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5943 

AphiaID:

117452 

Scientific:

Corymorpha nutans 

German:

Nickender Kölbchenpolyp, Hydrozoa 

English:

Hydroid, Sand Polyp 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Corymorphidae (Family) > Corymorpha (Genus) > nutans (Species) 

Initial determination:

M. Sars, 1835 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Canada Eastern Pacific, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Size:

2.36" - 5.91" (6cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Corymorpha abaxialis
• Corymorpha annulata
• Corymorpha anthoformis
• Corymorpha apiciloculifera
• Corymorpha bigelowi
• Corymorpha brunnescentis
• Corymorpha cargoi
• Corymorpha carnea
• Corymorpha crassocanalis
• Corymorpha forbesii
• Corymorpha fujianensis
• Corymorpha furcata
• Corymorpha gemmifera
• Corymorpha gigantea
• Corymorpha glacialis
• Corymorpha gracilis
• Corymorpha groenlandica
• Corymorpha interogona
• Corymorpha januarii
• Corymorpha juliephillipsi
• Corymorpha knides
• Corymorpha macrobulbus
• Corymorpha meijiensis
• Corymorpha microrhiza
• Corymorpha multiknoba
• Corymorpha nana
• Corymorpha nanhainesis
• Corymorpha normani
• 
  Corymorpha nutans
  Nickender Kölbchenpolyp, Hydrozoa
• Corymorpha palma
• Corymorpha pendula
• Corymorpha pileiformis
• Corymorpha pseudoabaxialis
• Corymorpha rubicincta
• Corymorpha russelli
• Corymorpha sagamina
• Corymorpha sarsii
• Corymorpha similis
• Corymorpha solidonema
• Corymorpha symmetrica
• Corymorpha taiwanensis
• Corymorpha typica
• Corymorpha uvularis
• Corymorpha vacuola
• Corymorpha valdiviae
• Corymorpha verrucosa
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Corymorpha tropica
  Tropischer Kölbchenpolyp, Hydrozoa

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-25 13:04:12 

Last edit:

2013-08-25 13:04:12 

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