Mertensia ovum Arctic comb jelly, Sea Nut, Arctic Sea Gooseberry

Mertensia ovum is commonly referred to as Arctic comb jelly, Sea Nut, Arctic Sea Gooseberry. Difficulty in the aquarium: Dla zaawansowanych. A aquarium size of at least 10000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6757 

AphiaID:

106377 

Scientific:

Mertensia ovum 

German:

Seenuss 

English:

Arctic Comb Jelly, Sea Nut, Arctic Sea Gooseberry 

Category:

Meduzy 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Ctenophora (Phylum) > Tentaculata (Class) > Cydippida (Order) > Mertensiidae (Family) > Mertensia (Genus) > ovum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fabricius, ), 1780 

Occurrence:

Russland, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, Greenland, Gulf of California, Kara Sea , North Atlantic Ocean, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, the Faroe Islands, USA 

Sea depth:

1 - 50 Meter 

Size:

0.39" - 3.94" (1cm - 10cm) 

Temperature:

50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Fish eggs, Invertebrates, Zooplankton 

Tank:

2199.78 gal (~ 10000L)  

Difficulty:

Dla zaawansowanych 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Mertensia alpina
• Mertensia arizonica
• Mertensia bella
• Mertensia brevistyla
• Mertensia campanulata
• Mertensia ciliata
• Mertensia davurica
• Mertensia drummondii
• Mertensia dshagastanica
• Mertensia franciscana
• Mertensia humilis
• Mertensia lanceolata
• Mertensia longiflora
• Mertensia macdougalii
• Mertensia maritima
• Mertensia mexicana
• Mertensia meyeriana
• Mertensia oblongifolia
• 
  Mertensia ovum
  Seenuss
• Mertensia pallasii
• Mertensia paniculata
• Mertensia platyphylla
• Mertensia pterocarpa
• Mertensia pubescens
• Mertensia rivularis
• Mertensia serrulata
• Mertensia sibirica
• Mertensia sinica
• Mertensia stylosa
• Mertensia tarbagataica
• Mertensia umbratilis
• Mertensia virginica
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-15 10:57:57 

Last edit:

2020-04-06 14:45:20 

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