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Manania handi Stalked Jellyfish

Manania handi is commonly referred to as Stalked Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

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Tentacular crown.Stalked jellyfish, Manania handi. 9 mm across those arms and tentacles.2019


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lexID:
13485 
AphiaID:
287220 
Scientific:
Manania handi 
German:
Stiel Becherqualle 
English:
Stalked Jellyfish 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Staurozoa (Class) > Stauromedusae (Order) > Haliclystidae (Family) > Manania (Genus) > handi (Species) 
Initial determination:
Larson & Fautin, 1989 
Occurrence:
Northeast Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 10 Meter 
Size:
0" - 1.57" (0,9cm - 4cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Crustaceans, Plankton 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-12-29 19:57:46 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Manania handi 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 Manania handi in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Manania handi. 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:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

Info

Manania handi Larson & Fautin, 1989

Manania handi reaches a length of up to 4 cm. Distinctive pigment bands along the calyx and the relatively short stalkdistinguish it from related Manania species.

Manania handi is described typically as green with cream coloured gonads and vivid white nematocyst vesicles.The colour patterns can vary from brownish-yellow to vivid green.

The name "handi" refers to Cadet Hand, major professor of G.F. Gwilliam and co-author with Gwilliam on a number of studies describing Stauromedusae species.

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2020.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 29.12.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Tentacular crown.Stalked jellyfish, Manania handi, 9 mm across the tentacles.2019
Stauromedusa.Stalked jellyfish, Manania handi, found attached to a red alga in a tide pool. 19 mm long.2019
Tentacular crown.Stalked jellyfish, Manania handi. 9 mm across those arms and tentacles.2019

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