Aglantha digitale Pink Helmet

Aglantha digitale is commonly referred to as Pink Helmet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Has a poison harmful to health.

Profile

lexID:

6746 

AphiaID:

117849 

Scientific:

Aglantha digitale 

German:

Rosa Helm 

English:

Pink Helmet 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Trachymedusae (Order) > Rhopalonematidae (Family) > Aglantha (Genus) > digitale (Species) 

Initial determination:

(O. F. Müller, ), 1776 

Occurrence:

the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Barents Sea, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Danmark, European Coasts, Germany, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Ireland, Mexico (East Pacific), North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Pacific Ocean, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea, USA 

Marine Zone:

Bathypelagial
The bathypelagial ranges from 1000 to 4000 meters depth.
The pressure in this depth zone is up to approx. 400 bar (4,000 tons per square meter or 400 kg per square centimeter.
There is no light left, only fish and bacteria can produce light in the form of bioluminescence. 

Sea depth:

0 - 3380 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Water column 

Size:

0.39" - 1.57" (1cm - 4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Copepods 

Difficulty:

Cold water animal 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Has a poison harmful to health 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Aglantha digitale
  Rosa Helm
• Aglantha elata
• Aglantha elongata
• Aglantha intermedia

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-02-15 09:22:09 

Last edit:

2024-05-07 14:16:11 

Toxicity

This is a general hint!
Aglantha digitale has a harmful toxin.
As a rule, animals with a harmful poison do not pose mortal danger in normal Aquarieaner everyday life. Read the following husbandry information and comments from aquarists who already keep Aglantha digitale in their aquarium to get a better picture about the possible danger. However, please be careful when using Aglantha digitale. Every human reacts differently to poisons.
If you suspect that you have come into contact with the poison, please contact your doctor or the poison emergency call.
The phone number of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

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