Leucothea pulchra Lobate Ctenophore

Leucothea pulchrais commonly referred to as Lobate Ctenophore. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Phil Garner, Southern California Marine Life, USA

Leucothea pulchra 2011

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lexID:: 15174
AphiaID:: 265210

Scientific:: Leucothea pulchra
German:: Lappen Rippenqualle
English:: Lobate Ctenophore

Category:: Ctenophora

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Lobata (Order) > Leucotheidae (Family) > Leucothea (Genus) > pulchra (Species)
Initial determination:: Matsumoto, 1988

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Food:: Carnivore, Copepods, 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:

Leucothea grandiformis
Leucothea japonica
Leucothea multicornis
Lappen-Rippenqualle
Leucothea ochracea
Leucothea pulchra
Lappen Rippenqualle

More related species in this lexicon:

Leucothea sp.
Rippenqualle

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-09-16 12:52:49
Last edit:: 2022-09-16 13:00:20

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Leucothea pulchra Matsumoto, 1988

Leucothea is a genus of ctenophores in the monotypic family Leucotheidae. The lobate ctenophore Leucothea pulchra feeds on plancton.

Feed mainly mainly copepods and snails.

Scientific paper

A new species of lobate ctenophore, Leucothea pulchra sp. nov., from the California Bight, Matsumoto, George I., 1988

External links

Gelata, Venusgürtel, Seewespe, Feuerwalze und Co (de). Abgerufen am 16.09.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 16.09.2022.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 16.09.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 16.09.2022.
WoRMS Image (en). Abgerufen am 16.09.2022.

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Leucothea pulchra - a lobate ctenophore 2009

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