Chrysaora colorata Purple-striped Jellyfish

Chrysaora colorata is commonly referred to as Purple-striped Jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

8967 

AphiaID:

287204 

Scientific:

Chrysaora colorata 

German:

Purpur-Gestreifte Kompassqualle 

English:

Purple-striped Jellyfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Pelagiidae (Family) > Chrysaora (Genus) > colorata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Russell, ), 1964 

Occurrence:

Brazil, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, North Pacific (Ocean), USA 

Size:

up to 31.5" (80 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Jellyfish, Predatory, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Chrysaora achlyos
  Schwarze Kompassqualle
• 
  Chrysaora colorata
  Purpur-Gestreifte Kompassqualle
• Chrysaora fulgida
• 
  Chrysaora fuscescens
  Kompassqualle
• Chrysaora helvola
• 
  Chrysaora hysoscella
  Kompassqualle
• Chrysaora lactea
• 
  Chrysaora melanaster
  Kompassqualle
• 
  Chrysaora plocamia
  Südamerikanische Kompassqualle
• 
  Chrysaora quinquecirrha
  Atlantik-Seenessel, Ostküsten-Seenessel , US-Atlantik-Seenessel,

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Chrysaora chesapeakei
  Atlantische Kompassqualle
• 
  Chrysaora pacifica
  Japanische Kompassqualle, Schirmqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-11-15 20:22:19 

Last edit:

2017-08-08 22:35:58 

Toxicity

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

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