Leucothea multicornis Lobate Ctenophore

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

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lexID:

3431 

AphiaID:

106398 

Scientific:

Leucothea multicornis 

German:

Lappen-Rippenqualle 

English:

Lobate Ctenophore 

Category:

Ctenophora 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Lobata (Order) > Leucotheidae (Family) > Leucothea (Genus) > multicornis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Quoy & Gaimard, ), 1824 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, Canada , European Coasts, New Zealand, South Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

5 - 25 Meter 

Size:

up to 9.84" (25 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 80.6 °F (23°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, 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:

2010-12-10 13:03:02 

Last edit:

2022-07-20 20:19:48 

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