Haliclystus auricula Stalked Jellyfish, Kaleidoscope jellyfish

Haliclystus auricula is commonly referred to as Stalked Jellyfish, Kaleidoscope jellyfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9120 

AphiaID:

135322 

Scientific:

Haliclystus auricula 

German:

Öhrchen-Becherqualle, Öhrchen-Stielqualle, Kaleidoskop Becherqualle 

English:

Stalked Jellyfish, Kaleidoscope Jellyfish 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Staurozoa (Class) > Stauromedusae (Order) > Haliclystidae (Family) > Haliclystus (Genus) > auricula (Species) 

Initial determination:

James-Clark, 1863 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, East cost of USA, English Channel, European Coasts, France, Gulf of Maine, Ireland, Japan, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, North Pacific (Ocean), North-West-Atlantic, Scandinavia, the British Isles, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 7 Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.59" - 0.79" (1.5cm - 2,5cm) 

Temperature:

30.2 °F - 68 °F (-1°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Edible crab, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Isopods, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Schrimps, Snails, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Haliclystus antarcticus
• 
  Haliclystus auricula
  Öhrchen-Becherqualle, Öhrchen-Stielqualle, Kaleidoskop Becherqualle
• Haliclystus borealis
• Haliclystus kerguelensis
• Haliclystus monstrosus
• 
  Haliclystus octoradiatus
  Achtstrahlige Becherqualle, Kleine Becherqualle, Gefleckte Kaleidoskop Becherqualle
• Haliclystus salpinx
• Haliclystus sanjuanensis
• Haliclystus sinensis
• Haliclystus stejnegeri
• Haliclystus tenuis
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Haliclystus sp.
  Stielqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-01-06 15:27:12 

Last edit:

2026-04-12 13:08:58 

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