Beroe cucumis Pink slipper comb jelly

Beroe cucumisis commonly referred to as Pink slipper comb jelly. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6418 

AphiaID:

106358 

Scientific:

Beroe cucumis 

German:

Mützenqualle 

English:

Pink Slipper Comb Jelly 

Category:

Ctenophora 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Nuda (Class) > Beroida (Order) > Beroidae (Family) > Beroe (Genus) > cucumis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Fabricius, 1780 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Bermuda, Canada , Chile, Cuba, Eastern Pacific Ocean, European Coasts, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, New Zealand, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Seychelles, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean, White Sea 

Sea depth:

0 - 2079 Meter 

Size:

up to 62.2" (158 cm) 

Temperature:

-1,8 °F - 13,6 °F (-1,8°C - 13,6°C) 

Food:

Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Beroe abyssicola
  Mützenqualle
• Beroe australis
• Beroe baffini
• Beroe compacta
• Beroe constricta
• 
  Beroe cucumis
  Mützenqualle
• Beroe culcullus
• Beroe flemingii
• Beroe forskalii
• Beroe gilva
• 
  Beroe gracilis
  Melonenqualle
• Beroe macrostoma
• Beroe mitraeformis
• Beroe mitrata
• Beroe penicillata
• Beroe rose
• Beroe rufescens
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Beroe ovata
  Mittelmeer-Melonenqualle,Mittelmeer-Gurkenqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-11-17 19:52:29 

Last edit:

2023-01-17 15:57:21 

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