| Specimen ID | 1468142 |
| Group | Coelenterates-Hydrozoans |
| Genus | Craspedacusta |
| Species | sowerbii |
| Common Name | freshwater jellyfish |
| State | IL |
| County | DeKalb |
| Locality | Small gravel quarry 5 miles SW of DeKalb, Illinois |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Kishwaukee |
| HUC8 Number | 07090006 |
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| Collection Day | 5 |
| Collection Month | 9 |
| Collection Year | 1966 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on aquatic plants |
| Status | unknown |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 30026 |
| Author: | Walley, H.D. |
| Date: | 1972 |
| Title: | The fresh-water jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi in Illinois |
| Journal: | Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science |
| Volume: | 65 |
| Pages: | 80-81 |
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| Comments | Only "a few specimens were noted at the site", and 12 were collected; deposited in Walley private collection and N. Illinois University Invertebrate Collection |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | Walley, H.D. |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 12 |
