Carybdea marsupialis Sea wasp

Carybdea marsupialis is commonly referred to as Sea wasp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

7683 

AphiaID:

135279 

Scientific:

Carybdea marsupialis 

German:

Mittelmeer-Seewespe, Würfelqualle 

English:

Sea Wasp 

Category:

Jellyfish  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Cubozoa (Class) > Carybdeida (Order) > Carybdeidae (Family) > Carybdea (Genus) > marsupialis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Algeria, Canada Eastern Pacific, Mexico (East Pacific), Northern Africa, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carybdea marsupialis
  Mittelmeer-Seewespe, Würfelqualle
• Carybdea rastoni
• Carybdea sivickisi
• Carybdea xaymacana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-09 16:59:05 

Last edit:

2018-01-07 13:48:19 

Captive breeding / propagation

Toxicity

Carybdea marsupialis is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Carybdea marsupialis, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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