Cyanea capillata Lion´s Mane, Sea Nettle, Sea Blubber, Hairy Stinger

Cyanea capillata is commonly referred to as Lion´s Mane, Sea Nettle, Sea Blubber, Hairy Stinger. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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lexID:

6347 

AphiaID:

135301 

Scientific:

Cyanea capillata 

German:

Gelbe Haarqualle,Gelbe Feuerqualle 

English:

Lion´s Mane, Sea Nettle, Sea Blubber, Hairy Stinger 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Cyaneidae (Family) > Cyanea (Genus) > capillata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Zirkumpolar, Russland, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Australia, Belgium, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, China, East cost of USA, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Florida, France, Greenland, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, Indo Pacific, Japan, Labrador Península, Mexico (East Pacific), Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), Scandinavia, Tansania, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea, Zanzibar 

Sea depth:

1 - 4791 Meter 

Habitats:

Mudflat, Wadden Sea, Seawater, Sea water, Water column 

Size:

11.81" - 90.16" (30cm - 229cm) 

Temperature:

-0,8 °F - 68 °F (-0,8°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Jellyfish, Predatory, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

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:

• Cyanea aculeatiflora
• Cyanea acuminata
• Cyanea angustifolia
• Cyanea annaskala
• Cyanea arborea
• Cyanea asarifolia
• Cyanea asplenifolia
• Cyanea buitendijki
• Cyanea calycina
• 
  Cyanea capillata
  Gelbe Haarqualle,Gelbe Feuerqualle
• Cyanea citrae
• Cyanea comata
• Cyanea copelandii
• Cyanea coriacea
• Cyanea crispa
• Cyanea cylindrocalyx
• Cyanea dolichopoda
• Cyanea dunbariae
• Cyanea duvalliorum
• Cyanea eleeleensis
• Cyanea elliptica
• Cyanea ferruginea
• Cyanea fissa
• Cyanea floribunda
• Cyanea gibsonii
• Cyanea giffardii
• Cyanea glabra
• Cyanea grimesiana
• Cyanea habenata
• Cyanea hamatiflora
• Cyanea hardyi
• Cyanea hirtella
• Cyanea horrida
• Cyanea humboldtiana
• Cyanea kahiliensis
• Cyanea kauaulaensis
• Cyanea kolekoleensis
• Cyanea koolauensis
• Cyanea kuhihewa
• Cyanea kunthiana
• Cyanea lamarcki
• Cyanea lanceolata
• Cyanea leptostegia
• Cyanea linearifolia
• Cyanea lobata
• Cyanea longiflora
• Cyanea longissima
• Cyanea macrostegia
• Cyanea magnicalyx
• Cyanea mannii
• Cyanea maritae
• Cyanea marksii
• Cyanea mauiensis
• Cyanea mceldowneyi
• Cyanea membranacea
• Cyanea minutiflora
• Cyanea munroi
• Cyanea nozakii
• Cyanea obtusa
• Cyanea parvifolia
• Cyanea pilosa
• Cyanea pinnatifida
• Cyanea platyphylla
• Cyanea pohaku
• Cyanea postelsi
• Cyanea procera
• Cyanea profuga
• Cyanea pseudofauriei
• Cyanea purpurea
• Cyanea purpurellifolia
• Cyanea pycnocarpa
• Cyanea quercifolia
• Cyanea recta
• Cyanea remyi
• Cyanea rivularis
• Cyanea rosea
• Cyanea salicina
• Cyanea scabra
• Cyanea sessilifolia
• Cyanea shipmanii
• Cyanea solanacea
• Cyanea solenocalyx
• Cyanea spathulata
• Cyanea st-johnii
• Cyanea stictophylla
• Cyanea superba
• Cyanea tritomantha
• Cyanea truncata
• Cyanea undulata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cyanea lamarckii
  Blaue Nesselqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-03 18:19:16 

Last edit:

2025-03-14 19:21:02 

Toxicity

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