Carybdea marsupialis Sea wasp

Carybdea marsupialis is commonly referred to as Sea wasp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

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lexID:

7683 

AphiaID:

135279 

Scientific:

Carybdea marsupialis 

German:

Mittelmeer-Seewespe, Würfelqualle 

English:

Sea Wasp 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Cubozoa (Class) > Carybdeida (Order) > Carybdeidae (Family) > Carybdea (Genus) > marsupialis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Algeria, California, Canada Western Atlantic, East cost of USA, Mexico (East Pacific), Northern Africa, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West Coast USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 20 Meter 

Size:

up to 15.75" (40 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Copepods, Crustaceans, Daphnia salina, Fish larvae, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Carybdea marsupialis
  Mittelmeer-Seewespe, Würfelqualle
• Carybdea rastoni
• Carybdea sivickisi
• Carybdea xaymacana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-11-09 16:59:05 

Last edit:

2026-01-17 22:07:22 

Captive breeding / propagation

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