Staurostoma mertensii Whitecross jellyfish

Staurostoma mertensii is commonly referred to as Whitecross jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Animale per esperti!! quasi impossibile da mantenere bene. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6362 

AphiaID:

594013 

Scientific:

Staurostoma mertensii 

German:

Kreuzqualle 

English:

Whitecross Jellyfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Leptothecata (Order) > Laodiceidae (Family) > Staurostoma (Genus) > mertensii (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Brandt, ), 1834 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Alaska , Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of Maine, Japan, Lofoten Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Size:

1.77" - 7.87" (4.5cm - 20cm) 

Temperature:

41 °F - 73.4 °F (5°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Animale per esperti!! quasi impossibile da mantenere bene 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Staurostoma falklandica
• 
  Staurostoma mertensii
  Kreuzqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-06 18:57:56 

Last edit:

2013-11-06 18:57:56 

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