Agalma elegans Siphonophore

Agalma elegans is commonly referred to as Siphonophore. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18301 

AphiaID:

135484 

Scientific:

Agalma elegans 

German:

Staatsqualle 

English:

Siphonophore 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Agalmatidae (Family) > Agalma (Genus) > elegans (Species) 

Initial determination:

(M. Sars, ), 1846 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Chile, China, cosmopolitan species, Costa Rica, Danmark, France, Greenland, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mexico, Iceland, India, Indian Ocean, New Zealand, North Pacific (Ocean), Norway, Scotland, South-Pazific, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean Sea 

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 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Water Column 

Size:

10.24" - 47.24" (26cm - 120cm) 

Temperature:

3,4 °F - 24,8 °F (3,4°C - 24,8°C) 

Food:

Copepods, Crustacean larvae , Invertebrates 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Agalma clausi
• 
  Agalma elegans
  Staatsqualle
• 
  Agalma okenii
  Rot-gepunktete Staatsqualle

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-04-26 19:24:31 

Last edit:

2026-04-27 15:01:04 

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